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Chilula, Gavilan, Montano and San Antino

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036055
MRDS ID M024071
Record type Site
Current site name Chilula, Gavilan, Montano and San Antino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.79119, 36.57829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2.8 MI N CERRO GORDO PK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Gordo Peak(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016S 038E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM N 1/2 N 1/2 LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.79119, 36.57829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ON EAST END OF CHILULA CLAIM, ADIT RAN 400 FT. IN GRANITE FOLLOWING RICH ORE SHOOT. GAVILAN VEIN BLASTED FROM SIDE OF CANYON AND WORKED TO DEPTH OF 200 FT. MONTANO VEIN WORKED TO 50 FT. DEPTH. GROUP OF MINES TO N. OF CANYON WORKED BY INCLINES W/ CONSIDERABLE STOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 12, P. 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINES POSSIBLY INCORPORATED INTO LATER DEVELOPMENT UNDER DIFFERENT NAME(S) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS. ON CHILULA CLAIM, SILVER-BEARING ORE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE ON WEST END. ON EAST SIDE, GOLD-BEARING VEIN IN GRANITE; AS IT PASSES BACK INTO LIMESTONE, MOST OF GOLD CONTENT DISSAPPEARED WITH ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA TAKING ITS PLACE. VEIN ON GAVILAN CLAIM EXPOSED VERTICALLY FOR 100 FT.; AVG. 5 FT. IN THICKNESS, TREND E-W, ENCLOSED IN GRANITE. ON S. SIDE OF CANYON. MONTANO NEARBY DESCRIBED AS A BUNCHY VEIN. NORTH OF CANYON, WORKINGS REVEALED A VEIN UP TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS DIP N. IT LIES ABOVE, AND IS QUITE SIMILAR TO, THE BRONCO VEIN. THE GARFIELD VEIN DESCRIBED AS SMALL VEIN GENTLY DIPPING W. QUARTZ BUNCHY AND POCKETY IN CHARACTER.

Reporter information

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

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