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Montezuma

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076637
MRDS ID W023769
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma
Related records 10212490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19232, 37.08939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 10 MILES SE 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

Tinemaha Reservoir(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 010S 035E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19232, 37.08939
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1899 - 1943

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LARGE REPORTED PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1899 - 1943 , ORE AVERAGED 8.58 % PB, 10.3 OZ AG, 0.25 % ZN, 0.20 % CU, AND .092 OZ AU PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 405 FT. SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS. THREE NE TRENDING ADITS, LOWER ADIT IS 1400 FT. CAVED, MIDDLE ADIT IS 400 FT., AND UPPER ADIT IS 200 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 492

  • 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. 447 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 492

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND CLAY SHALE.

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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