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Washington Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036058
MRDS ID M024077
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine
Related records 10285294

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0787, 36.60302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position E. SLOPE ALABAMA HILLS 1 MI. W. LONE PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(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 015S 036E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2 NE 1/4, LOC EST FROM DESC. IN REF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.0787, 36.60302
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE WAS SAID TO AVG. $20/TON IN GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 700-FT. CROSSCUT WITH DRIFT 200-FT. ON VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1920, INYO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 281

  • Production

    TUCKER (1920)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 FT. IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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