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Wooley 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036108
MRDS ID M024150
Record type Site
Current site name Wooley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24732, 37.348 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 2.5 MI SW BLACK CANYON SPRING ON S. SLOPE REDDING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westgard Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 034E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

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) -118.24732, 37.348
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE WORK DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 12, P. 140-141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL NARROW STRINGERS OR VEINS, GENERALLY QUITE FLAT.
Deposit MINE POSSIBLY INCORPORATED INTO LATER DEVELOPMENT UNDER DIFFERENT NAME(S) ; 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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