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Union Mines

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163586
MRDS ID W023741
MAS/MILS ID 0060270129
Record type Site
Current site name Union Mines
Alternate or previous names Chloride Cliff, Consolidated Group, Ignacio, New Enterprise, Summit No. 2, Old Mill, Old Mill Schist, Mc Crea-Old Mill, S 1/2 Armagh Mine, Bluff Group, Boushey Silver, Ygnacio - 0060270186, Mormon, Omega Group, Pagan Group, Santa Maria
Related records 10076618

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.87869, 36.69387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
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

Chloride City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(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
San Bernardino 030 N 001 E 28 S2SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.87869, 36.69387
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 391-392.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 26, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1953, P. 462.

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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