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Honolulu-Big Horn Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076655
MRDS ID W023799
Record type Site
Current site name Honolulu-Big Horn Mine
Alternate or previous names Gibraltar
Related records 10285431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.15839, 35.97831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 6 MILES (AIRLINE) 543 E OF BALLARAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manly Fall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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 022S 045E 31 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.15839, 35.97831
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTY ROCK; TREMOLITIZED, WHITE, FINE GRAIN MARBLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1942 - 1944

Mining district

District name South Park

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINING AN AVERAGE OF 14.6 % PB, 23.2 % ZN, 3.84 OZ AG AND RECOVERABLE COPPER. NO RECORD OF EARLY PRODUCTION AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • HONOLULU; 400 FT. ADIT, 35 FT. WINZE. CARBONATE ADIT IS 135 FT. IRON VEIN ADIT; 100 FT. LONG, BIG HORN; 80 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL DRIFTS.

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. 477 .

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. J., 1951 , MINES AND MINERALS OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 1 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 72 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PRINCIPAL VEINS; (1) HONOLULU, RANGES IN WIDTH FROM THIN SEAM TO THREE FEET, ASSAYING 50 % ZN, 10 - 15 % PB. (2) CARBONATE CLAIM, 2 - 10 FT. WIDE, PRINCIPALLY ZINC CARBONATES WITH SOME LEAD CARBONATES. (3) IRON VEIN CLAIM, 2 - 5 FT. WIDE FOR 100 FT., VEIN MATTER CONSISTS OF GOSSAN, SMALL AMOUNTS OF ZINC AND LEAD CARBONATES. (4) BIG HORN CLAIM, 1/2 MILE EAST OF HONOLULU CLAIM, STRIKES EASTWARD, DIPS 20 - 30 S, WIDTH VARIES, FEW INCHES TO 7 FT. ORE FROM THIS ORE BODY CONSISTS OF CERUSSITE AND GALENA, ASSAYING 50 - 70 % PB.

Reporter information

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

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