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Westgard

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076646
MRDS ID W023786
Record type Site
Current site name Westgard
Alternate or previous names Chalmers
Related records 10212170

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1101, 37.34245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 16 MILES NORTH 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

Deep Springs Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 035E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1101, 37.34245
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deep Springs

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED ORE IN 1937 AND 1941 AVERAGE SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 14 % PB, 14.52 OZ AG/TON, RECOVERABLE COPPER AND GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • 650 FT. OF SHAFTS AND DRIFTS.

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. 522

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. M., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 458 - 459 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 522 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED AT CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ - DIORITE.

Reporter information

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

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