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Scotchman Group

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036127
MRDS ID M024178
Record type Site
Current site name Scotchman Group
Alternate or previous names Scotty, Goldbug?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.16006, 36.02192 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 2 MI W SLIMS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ballarat(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

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 022S 044E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.16006, 36.02192
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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

Mining district

District name South Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^50% Pb, 15 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 50wt-pct
    Major Gold Gold 424g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1937 RAN 50% PB AND 15 OZ/TON AG.

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT. SHAFT

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. 509-510

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE DEPOSIT

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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