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American

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076611
MRDS ID W023730
Record type Site
Current site name American
Related records 10163348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.42643, 35.8711 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF SHEEPSHEAD SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower 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 020N 005E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.42643, 35.8711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Period 1906 - 1914
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 15 Oz/Ton Ag, $4.00 In Au Per Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 424g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MADE SHIPMENT OF HIGH - GRADE SILVER ORE IN 1937 AND 1938 , RAN OVER 100 OUNCES AG PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CLAIMS; WORKINGS; SEVERAL TUNNELS, TWO ARE 800 AND 200 FT. LONG. ABOVE 200 FT. TUNNEL, STOPE 20 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. HIGH TO SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 DIV. OF MINES, P. 450

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 34 , NO. 4 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 42 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A. AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917 , INYO COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 71

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN NARROW, BARITE VEIN IN THIN BELT OF SCHIST ON CONTACT OF MONZONITE AND GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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