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Mineral Hill

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102973
MRDS ID M020647
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Hill
Alternate or previous names Swank
Related records 10260877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94203, 37.22467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 17 MILES NE OF BIG PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joshua Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(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 008S 036E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94203, 37.22467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 30 - 40 E
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT OF ORE IN 1913 , SMELTER RECOVERY; 40 % PB, 41.8 OZ AG/TON AND RECOVERABLE COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND SHAFTS WEST END OF PROPERTY; 8 CROSSCUT TUNNELS, TOTAL 800 FT., THESE TUNNELS CUT A SERIES OF FLAT-DIPPING PARALLEL VEINS 6 INCHES TO 2 FT. THICK.

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. 489 - 490

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 ; LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 489 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES IN SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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