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Black Canyon

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076632
MRDS ID W023764
Record type Site
Current site name Black Canyon
Alternate or previous names Hope Group, Mineral Point, Sanger
Related records 10163247

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20426, 37.33301 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 18 MILES NE OF BIG PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westgard Pass(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 034E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BULK OF ORE IS CERUSSITE AND SMITHSONITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20426, 37.33301
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 40 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1925 - 1927 , 1949 - 1950

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. DEEP SHAFT, TUNNEL 100 FT. LONG - ON SOUTH SLOPE OF RIDGE. ON NORTH SLOPE, 100 FT. BELOW OTHER WORKINGS IS A TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH 300 FT., FOLLOWING FAULT FISSURE. 100 FT. OF DRIFT ON FISSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 456 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION, REPT. 22 OF STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., VOL. 22 , NO. 4 , P. 489 - 490 .

  • 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. 444 - 445 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 456 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES IN LIMESTONE CLOSE TO CONTACT OF QUARTZITE.
Deposit COMPRISED OF 58 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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