| Deposit ID | 10040638 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055490 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Coso Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Nicol, Devil's Kitchen, Atlas, Lynch & Lynch, Walley - Mickey & Wheeler |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.79452, 36.04026 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1219 |
| Relative position | 10 MI E OF LITTLE LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Inyo(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cactus Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Inyo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 022S | 039E | 04,05,06,07,08 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Alunite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Sulfur | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Basalt Flows Recent;Rhyolite Flows Quat |
| Rock description | Basalt Flows Recent;Rhyolite Flows Quat |
| (1) | -117.79452, 36.04026 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Hot Springs And Fissures Associated With Them |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 784.86M |
| Width | 472.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | F.J. Sanders |
| Production years | 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1944 |
| District name | Coso |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Government |
| Year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^12.4 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055490 |
BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES.
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
ROSS & YATES, 1943, USGS BULL 936-Q, P. 395-416
USBM DATA
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, J. S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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