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Jumbo

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102972
MRDS ID M020641
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo
Related records 10139181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75674, 36.4408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 7 MILES SE OF KEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keeler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(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 017S 039E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75674, 36.4408
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRIKE OF HANGING WALL N 25 W, DIP 68 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Gordo

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE MADE SHIPMENTS IN 1915 ASSAYING 8 % CU, 15 % PB AND 40 OZ AG. NO PRODUCTION DETERMINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS AND AN OPEN-CUT; LOWER TUNNEL 240 FT, UPPER TUNNEL 150 FT., 40 FT. WINZE; UPPER TUNNEL.

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. 480 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A., 1915 ; INYO COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 73 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES

Reporter information

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

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