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Cooney Zinc Mine

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031465
MRDS ID M010292
Record type Site
Current site name Cooney Zinc Mine
Related records 10261937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22903, 38.05353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGEPORT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lundy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 025E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.22903, 38.05353
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OR 4 OPEN CUTS, A SHAFT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. DEEP AND A CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN SW ABOUT 170 FT. ORE BODY 40 FT. WIDE ENCOUNTERED 30 FT. FROM PORTAL - SAMPLE CUTS AVG. 18 % ZN, 10 % PB WITH 4 - 6 OZ AG/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES,P. 557 - 558

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , MINERAL RESOUCES OF MONO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 143

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL WEST FOUNDATION, DIV. II, SEC. C-METALLIFEROUS MINERALS, P. 103; ADD. REF.: CALIF. V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 557-8; MR-39 (ZINC)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEC. 24: STATE V. 36 AND REPT. 23 SAY THIS MINE IS 5 MI. SW OF CONWAY SUMMIT, AND PL. 1 OF V. 36 SHOWS IT IN SEC. 30, 3N/25E. INDUSTRIAL WEST FOUNDATION SAYS IT IS 3 MI. W OF CONWAY SUMMIT. TOPO SHEET SHOWS A SHAFT & A SW TUNNEL IN SEC. 24, 3N/24E, SO I CHOSE THAT LOCATION. TAKE YOUR PICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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