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(Facility) Inyo Copper Mines and Smelter Co.

Plant in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076607
MRDS ID W023725
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Inyo Copper Mines and Smelter Co.
Related records 10163589

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46812, 36.59191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harris Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 041E 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :FEDERAL (UNCLASS.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46812, 36.59191
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Mining district

District name Ubehebe

Comments on the production information

  • ORE REPORTED ASSAYING 4 - 41 % CU, WITH SOME GOLD AND SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 307 - 308

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMPRISED OF 240 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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