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Sad Mistake Claim

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Stone, Dimension
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236538
MAS/MILS ID 0060270766
Record type Site
Current site name Sad Mistake Claim
Alternate or previous names Water Canyon Mine and Mill Site

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.28979, 36.00138 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
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

Maturango Peak SE(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 022 S 043 E 24 SESW California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SEE BOOK 14.31 (BLM). ALSO T22S, R43E, SEC. 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Stone, Dimension Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.28979, 36.00138
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Granville Cherry
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, S. C., 1976, GEOLOGY AND THRUST FAULT TECTONICS OF

  • Deposit

    PARTS OF THE ARGUS AND SLATE RANGES, INYO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE,

  • Deposit

    WA.

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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