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May 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. 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 10103505
MRDS ID M024158
Record type Site
Current site name May Mine
Related records 10187976

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30454, 37.05467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 0.7 MI. E. TINEMAHA OR 1.9 MI. NW RED MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010S 034E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4. LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED ABOUT 8% IN SULFIDES

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30454, 37.05467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fish Springs

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 - FT SHAFT AND 50 - FT. OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 13, P. 182

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 8 IN. IN THICKNESS. QUARTZ DESCRIBED AS VERY RICH IN SULFIDES
Deposit MINE POSSIBLY INCORPORATED INTO LATER DEVELOPMENT UNDER DIFFERENT NAME(S) ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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