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Burro and Mary F. Claims

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10103511
MRDS ID M024176
Record type Site
Current site name Burro and Mary F. Claims
Alternate or previous names Protection Group
Related records 10212037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17395, 36.19054 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 5 MI. WNW TELESCOPE PEAK IN JAIL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jail Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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

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 020S 044E 13,14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LOC PROJECTED LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $2.50-$25/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 65 SW-90
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ON BURRO CLAIM: 3 ADITS, ONE DRIVEN NW FOR 300 FT. 2 OTHER TUNNELS, EACH 35 FT. LONG, 75 AND 150 FT. ABOVE MAIN ADIT. ON MARY F. CLAIM: 116 FT. SHAFT.

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. 39, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 388, 469

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANAMINT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 364

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS CONTAINING FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES. SURFACE OUTCROPS OF QUARTZ FEW IN.-20 FT. IN THICKNESS. ON MARY F. CLAIM, VEIN, 1 FT. (SURFACE) TO 4 FT. (BOTTOM OF SHAFT) IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS. PREVIOUSLY GROUPED AS BURRO, NEW DISCOVERY AND GEM MINES. 100 ACRES ; 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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