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Alabama-Mohawk Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036060
MRDS ID M024079
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama-Mohawk Mine
Alternate or previous names Mohawk
Related records 10236016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13009, 36.65052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 5 MI NW LONE PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manzanar(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 035E 11,12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST E 1/2 E 1/2 NE 1/4 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13009, 36.65052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 65SW
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITIC DIKE CUTS GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 326-FT. ADIT, 130 FT. FROM PORTAL, IT CONNECTED TO SHAFT, 54 FT. BELOW COLLAR. SHAFT EXTENDS 56 FT. BELOW ADIT-LEVEL. 222 FT. FROM PORTAL, WINZE SUNK TO DEPTH OF 26 FT., CONNECTING WITH STOPE FROM LOWER WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 381

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2-18 IN. THICK
Deposit 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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