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Cleveland 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 10106506
MRDS ID X023743
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Mine
Related records 10232030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28676, 37.08245 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3.5 MI. N. 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)

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 010S 034E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28676, 37.08245
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip 15-30 NW
    Thickness 0.3M

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE, AS SORTED AND SHIPPED, SAID TO CONTAIN 3-11 OZ. AU/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 50 TUNNELS VARYING UP TO 800 FT. IN LENGTH. WORK DONE ON 10-12 VEINS. PRINCIPAL ONE, CLEVELAND VEIN, HAS 800 FT. ADIT. ABOUT 600 FT. FROM PORTAL, INTERSECTS INCLINE FROM SURFACE. TOTAL LENGTH OF INCLINE ON DIP WAS 560 FT. DRIFT. AT BOTTOM FOR 100 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. 148

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 392-393

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 467

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF NARROW, ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS, 6-12 IN. THICK
Deposit 7 CLAIMS KNOWN AS CLEVELAND, CLEVELAND FRACTION, CLEVELAND EXTENSION, GOLD BUG, UNITED, UNITED NO. 4, NO. 5 ; 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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Authoritative California resources

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