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Panamint Mines

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033989
MRDS ID M020651
Record type Site
Current site name Panamint Mines
Related records 10236182

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.09811, 36.11581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position IN SURPRISE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panamint(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

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 021S 045E 10,11,15,21,22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.09811, 36.11581
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 - 70 SW
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Panamint

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, MAIN-CROSSCUT TUNNEL 2,300 FT. LONG CLAIMS INCLUDE; ALABAMA, CHALLENGE, COMSTOCK, EAST HEMLOCK, EUREKA, HEMLOCK, HIGH SILVER, HUDSON RIVER, IDA, INDEPENDENCE, PANAMINT CENTRAL, MARVEL, STEWARTS-WONDER, ORION, STAR, AND WYOMING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 499

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 34 NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 451 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS, 6 - 8 FT. THICK

Reporter information

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

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