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Saddlerock Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity 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. 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 10103488
MRDS ID M024105
Record type Site
Current site name Saddlerock Mine
Alternate or previous names Emigrant Springs
Related records 10211877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.16811, 36.41358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2 MI SW SKIDOO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 044E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $4-$6/TON IN SOME AREAS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.16811, 36.41358
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W, N60W
    Dip 15NE, 45SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE BED OVERLIES QUARTZ MONZONITE; DIP 15 NW. AVG. THICKNESS OF BED 25 FT. QUARTZITE, WHICH OCCURS ON PIMA AND GOLDEN RULE CLAIMS, 600 FT. IN THICKNESS, 3000 FT. IN LENGTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wildrose

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL POSSIBILITIES AS LARGE LOW-GRADE GOLD DEPOSIT. ALL PROSPECTING SHOULD BE CONFINED TO QUARTZITE TO DETERMINE AVG. VALUE OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AND 5 SHALLOW SHAFTS. NO. 1 ADIT ON PIMA CLAIM DRIVEN N40E AS CROSSCUT FOR 90 FT. IN QUARTZ MONZONITE, AND IS 100 FT. BELOW QUARTZITE BED, AND CUTS 2-FT. VEIN. 400 FT. SOUTH OF NO. 1 ADIT, NO. 2 DRIVEN N50E FOR 90 FT. AT 45 FT. FROM PORTAL, IT CUT 4-FT. VEIN. VEIN WAS DRIFTED FOR 50 FT. NUMBER OF SHAFTS, 20-70 FT. DEEP, SUNK ON PARALLEL VEINS AT SOUTH END OF PROPERTY.

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. 162

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 395-396

  • Reserve-Resource

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-FILLED FRACTURES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. CARRY HIGH VALUES IN GOLD. SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE OCCURED ALONG FRACTURES ON SURFACE. SEVERAL PRINCIPLE VEINS: ONE 2 FT. THICK ON PIMA CLAIM; ANOTHER VEIN 4-FT. THICK. ON SOUTH END OF PROPERTY, WHERE QUARTZ MONZONITE EXPOSED ON RIDGE, OCCUR AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PARALLEL VEINS.
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 12 CLAIMS HELD BY LOCATION. ; 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

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