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Sterling Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114978
MAS/MILS ID 0060270758
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.4209, 36.14938 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Revenue 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

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 020 S 042 E 34 NWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.4209, 36.14938
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minex International, Woodside, Ca.
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 456.

  • Deposit

    HOLDEN, K. D., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL ARGUS RANGE:

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS, SAN JOSE STATE UNIV., SAN JOSE, CALIF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRAMLINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. 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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