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Imus Mine

Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069784
MRDS ID W007467
Record type Site
Current site name Imus Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28426, 37.08328 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR FISH SPRINGS, 5 MI. N - NW OF ABERDEEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs(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

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Precret Pyrophyllite Schist;Precret Limestone
    Rock description Precret Pyrophyllite Schist;Precret Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28426, 37.08328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • POORLY EXPOSED BODY OF PYROPHYLLITE SCHIST OVERLAIN BY LIMESTONE AND ALLUVIUM

Comments on development

  • WORKED 1948 - 50

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., 1957, PYROPHYLLITE, IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 176, P. 455 - 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOULD BE COVERED BY BIG PINE SHEET OF PAUL BATEMAN'S PAPER: CALIF. DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 47, 1950, BUT NOT MENTIONED THEREIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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