Excelsior Pit

Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212230
MAS/MILS ID 0060270451
Record type Site
Current site name Excelsior Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.21306, 35.84389 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecopa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 020 N 007 E California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT: NEAR THE OLD PIONEER MINE SE OF TECOPA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.21306, 35.84389

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pfizer, Inc.
    ID 404505
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1985
MSHA mine ID0404505
Mine name (MSHA)Excelsior Pit
Current operatorPfizer Inc
Current controller (parent)Minerals Technologies Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative California resources

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