Holy Roller

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036041
MRDS ID M024051
Record type Site
Current site name Holy Roller
Related records 10138862

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19506, 35.98165 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 3.1 MI N MANLY FALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manly Fall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022S 044E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST N 1/2 LAND UNSURVEYED; LOCATION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19506, 35.98165

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ORE SAID TO AVG. $4.90/TON. AT LEAST 5000 TONS OF ORE WAS IN SIGHT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 153

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A. AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 79

  • Production

    WARING (1917)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAT DEPOSIT, 25 FT. IN THICKNESS, NEAR SCHIST CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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