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Luella 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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036062
MRDS ID M024082
Record type Site
Current site name Luella Mine
Alternate or previous names Abe Lincoln Mine
Related records 10114754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10314, 36.66885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position E. SLOPE ALABAMA HILLS, 4 MI. (BY ROAD) 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

Union Wash(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

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014S 035E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2 SECTION UNREPORTED IN REF. VERY UNCERTAIN PROJECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH HARD, REDDISH-BLACK BANDS OF HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla 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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10314, 36.66885
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W-N10E
    Dip 40NE-65NW
    Thickness 0.08M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FELSITE DIKE INTRUDES GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alabama

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL TUNNELS, THE UPPER ONES DRIVEN YEARS AGO. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO TUNNELS ABOUT 75 FT. APART, VERTICALLY. THE UPPER ONE WAS DRIVEN NORTHWEST ABOUT 350 FT. ON THE VEIN. THERE IS SOME STOPING ON SHOOTS APPARENTLY ABOUT 30 FT. LONG. THE LOWER TUNNEL IS 460 FT. LONG. AT 210 FT. THERE IS A 35 FT. WINZE AND AT 385 FT. THERE IS A 35-FT. WINZE. THERE IS A STOPE TO THE UPPER TUNNEL ABOUT 120 FT. LONG; AVERAGE WIDTH APPROXIMATELY 3 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 156

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 406-407

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ALONG DIKE, 8 FT. IN THICKNESS. MINERALIZATION ALONG HORIZONTAL JOINTS, 3 IN.-5 IN. APART AND 1-3 IN. WIDE.
Deposit 4 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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