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Gold Tooth Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103495
MRDS ID M024127
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Tooth Mine
Alternate or previous names Schnellheist
Related records 10187787

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18478, 35.9272 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position 0.8 MI. S MANLY FALL

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 023S 044E 24,13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 13 N 1/2 24. LAND UNSURVEYED LOC. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Schistose Rock Described As Silicified

Analytical data

Result 4 FT. OF VEIN ASSAYED $16/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18478, 35.9272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 70NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • AT NORTH END OF PROPERTY 50-FT. CROSSCUT WITH 100-FT. DRIFT. 1000 FT. TO SOUTH, ADIT DRIVEN NORTH ON VEIN FOR 150 FT. STOPE WORKED TO SURFACE FOR 75 FT.

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. 151

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 398

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 369-370

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 8-10 FT. IN THICKNESS. FILLING COMPOSED OF SILICIFIED, SCHISTOSE DIKE ROCK CEMENTED BY QUARTZ.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS ; 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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