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Chloride Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040670
MRDS ID M055526
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87506, 36.6983 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ALONG SUMMIT OF FUNERAL MOUNTAINS; 18 MI. W. OF RHYOLITE, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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
San Bernardino 014S 001E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87506, 36.6983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.07M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY DEFORMED ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coso

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GOOD ROAD FROM RHYOLITE OR BEATTY. { NO WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866 - 1966): CDMG BULL. 189.

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A., AND HUGUENIN, EMILE, 1919, INYO COUNTY: CMB REPORT 15.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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