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Gold Wedge 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103504
MRDS ID M024154
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Wedge Mine
Alternate or previous names South Bend Mine?
Related records 10260443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10815, 37.40605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 1 3/4 MI. S. ROBERTS RANCH 5N DIVIDE BETWEEN WYMAN CREEK AND BIRCH CK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crooked Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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

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 006S 035E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SEC. UNREPORTED IN REFERENCE. EST. FROM MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Schist Is Silicified

Analytical data

Result BETWEEN 2 SHAFTS, 55 FT. OF SILICIFIED SCHIST REPORTED TO HAVE HAD AVG. VALUE OF $7/TON IN GOLD. ORE MINED ALONG JOINT PLANES REPORTED TO CARRY $20/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10815, 37.40605
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Mountain

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST SHAFT, 65 FT. DEEP. ON 45-FT. LEVEL, 122 FT. DRIFT TO WEST CONNECTING WITH INCLINE, 130 FT. IN DEPTH.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS IN MINERALIZED SCHIST BELT, 300 FT. IN THICKNESS. MINERALIZATION 2-6 FT. THICK
Deposit 8 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

Beyond USGS

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