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Defense Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076654
MRDS ID W023798
Record type Site
Current site name Defense Mine
Related records 10163617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46062, 36.24441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 8 AIRLINE MILES SOUTH OF PANAMINT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Revenue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 019S 042E 28,29 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coronadite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46062, 36.24441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 65 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS IN LIMESTONE ALONG FLAT FAULTS WHICH NEARLY COINCIDE WITH BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Modoc

Comments on the production information

  • 1942 - 1952 : ORE AVERAGED 21.3 % PB, 12.7 OZ. AG, 0.146 % CU, WITH SOME GOLD AND ZINC. ALL ORE RAN HIGH IN MANGANESE AND IRON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS USED AS HAULAGE WAYS. INTERVENING GROUND IS DEVELOPED FROM WINZES AND RAISES. DIAMOND - DRILLING IN 1952 - 1953 DISCLOSED AN ORE BODY ON INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, 30 FT. BY 100 FT. BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.

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. 467 - 468

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 68 - 69 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES ARE ENECHELON IN THE VERTICAL PLANE, SEPERATED BY NEAR VERTICAL FAULTS. ORE BODIES ARE ENCASED IN AN ENVELOPE OF JASPER, RICH IN IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES.

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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