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Josephine 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 10036072
MRDS ID M024097
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Mine
Alternate or previous names Yucca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63812, 36.17997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 0.6 MI. E COSO SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coso Peak(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 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE DESCRIBED AS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO THAT OF MARIPOSA MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
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) -117.63812, 36.17997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N - S
    Dip 30 E
    Thickness 0.61M

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

  • 10 TONS SHIPPED TO HUGHES LAKE AVG. $40/TON; 20 TONS SHIPPED TO KEELER GOLD MINE, $26/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND TUNNELS, SURFACE CUTS

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. 153

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 401, 424

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 85

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 138

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), WARING (1917)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS, 6 IN. - 2 FT. IN THICKNESS; OUTCROP FOR 300 FT.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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