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Poleta Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086468
MRDS ID X023777
Record type Site
Current site name Poleta Mine
Alternate or previous names Polita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27511, 37.35938 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 6.5 MI E BISHOP IN POLITA CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poleta Canyon(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 007S 034E 07,08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27511, 37.35938
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HONEYCOMBED
    Strike E-W
    Dip 35N
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SOME 4000 TONS WERE TREATED IN MILL. EXTRACTION OF 96% ON SULFIDE ORES.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A TUNNEL SOME 400 FT. LONG. AT ABOUT 200 FT. FROM THE PORTAL OF THIS TUNNEL, A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 600 FT. ON A 35 DEG INCLINATION. LEVELS THEN OPEN AND PARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE ARE: 200 LEVEL; DRIFT E. 400 FT. WITH A STOPE 40 FT. LONG BY ABOUT 25 FT. HIGH 250 LEVEL, DRIFT W. 250 FT., FIRST 100 FT. STOPED AND FILLED; 350 LEVEL, DRIFT E. 150 FT., STOPED, WITH A DRIFT WEST WHICH HAS BEEN STOPED AND FILLED; 400 LEVEL, DRIFT E. 60 FT., STOPED AND FILLED; 530 LEVEL, DRIFT W. 100 FT., STOPE 40 FT. LONG BY 30 FT. HIGH; 600 LEVEL, DRIFT W. 50 FT., STOPED, DRIFT E. 50 FT. THE EAST DRIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE MILL WAS IN THE CANYON, ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE MINE AND APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. LOWER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 160

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 414-415

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 502

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 139

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957), TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FEW IN.-2 FT. IN THICKNESS. ORE DESCRIBED AS DECOMPOSED
Deposit 4 CLAIMS, ONE PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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