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Ventura Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076652
MRDS ID W023796
Record type Site
Current site name Ventura Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Reef, Sunset
Related records 10138897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81647, 36.53496 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF KEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Gordo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016S 038E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81647, 36.53496
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • VENTURA AND SUNSET PRODUCED BETWEEN 1911 - 1949 ORE AVERAGING 28.3 % PB 5.79 % ZN AND 12.58 OZ AG/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 82.3M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 250 FT. ADIT ON SILVER REEF CLAIM.

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. 520

  • 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 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 520 (SEE REF)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTIALLY OXIDIZED IRREGULAR LENSES IN SILICATED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO QUARTZ - MONZONITE INTRUSIVE. 2 VEINS ORE STRIKES N 30 W, DIPS 70 - 80 W, THE OTHER STRIKES N 20 E AND DIPS 80 E.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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