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Panamint Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036089
MRDS ID M024122
Record type Site
Current site name Panamint Treasure Mine
Alternate or previous names Taylor, Treasure and Gold Hill
Related records 10256711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.94421, 35.99081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1.7 MI NW INDIAN RANCH SE SLOPE GOLD HILL, IN WARM SPRING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anvil Spring Canyon West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022S 047E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED VERY QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. ASSAYS SHOWED 1.02 OZ AU, 9.4 OZ AG, 3.2% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.94421, 35.99081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Material AU-AG ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^High-Grade, With 7% Pb, 0.88% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 150 TONS WERE SHIPPED AND 300 TONS WERE MILLED. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST WORK ON TAYLOR CLAIM, WHERE 2 ADITS, 100 AND 50 FT. LONG WERE DRIVEN. 40 - FT. SHAFT

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. 47, 160

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANIMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 369

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 499

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT. LENSES UP TO 60 FT. IN LENGTH, 25 FT. THICK
Deposit 3 UNPANTENTED FRACTION CLAIMS AND MILLSITE. 90 ACRES ; 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

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