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Big Four Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114888
MRDS ID W023797
MAS/MILS ID 0060270203
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Mine
Alternate or previous names War Eagle, Perry Lead Mine, Big Four
Related records 10076653

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.3898, 36.42777 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Dunes(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 017 S 042 E 26 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.3898, 36.42777
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 454.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 73, 1963, P. 35-

  • Deposit

    36.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 15-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, P. 11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUN-1993 Leszcykowski, Andrew M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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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