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Golden Rod Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036070
MRDS ID M024094
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rod Mine
Alternate or previous names Marigold
Related records 10187924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61951, 36.1608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 7 MI. S. DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Gardens Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020S 040E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 SE 1/4. LOC EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REF. UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.61951, 36.1608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 35 S
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coso

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • ANOTHER 10 TONS ON DUMP WERE TO BE MILLED AT COSO. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS. NO. 1, 100 FT., NO. 2 300 FT. AND NO. 3 350 FT. LONG. 100 FT. VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN ADITS NO. 1 AND NO. 2, 200 FT. VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN NO. 2 AND NO. 3. VEIN STOPED FOR DISTANCE OF 50 FT., HEIGHT OF 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 152

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 298

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6 IN. - 4 FT. IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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