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Suprise Package Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036120
MRDS ID M024168
Record type Site
Current site name Suprise Package Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.05259, 36.75052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 5.3 MI. SE KEARSARGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bee Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014S 036E 03,04,09,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.05259, 36.75052
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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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE PRODUCED IN 1942 RAN 2.25% PB, 0.25% CU, AND HIGH AU-AG.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 516

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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