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Black Beauty

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188301
MAS/MILS ID 0060270656
Record type Site
Current site name Black Beauty
Alternate or previous names Black Canyon Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.21153, 37.27465 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
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

Westgard Pass(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 034 E 11 NWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.21153, 37.27465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 42M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840726
  • Thickness 0.3M
    Length 20M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840726

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ti-Shan Land And Minerals
    Home office California
    Year 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1 = M1C2 + M1C3. MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF MATRIX 1 COLUMNS 2 AND 3. WITHIN MATRIX 1 COLUMN 3 IS ABOUT 70 TONNES WITH 137 G/T SILVER AND 25.7 PERCENT LEAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R. L., AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    BLACK CANYON RARE II AREA (NO. 5061), INYO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 85-83,

  • Deposit

    NO. 39, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

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