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Cougar Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285299
MAS/MILS ID 0060271366
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.96782, 36.78026 (WGS84)
Elevation 2040
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

Pat Keyes Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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)

Inyo Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 013 S 037 E 29 NESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.96782, 36.78026
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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 Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 18-85, 1985, TABLE A,

  • Deposit

    NO. 7. P. 75.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Close, Terry J. 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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