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Orion Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036065
MRDS ID M024086
Record type Site
Current site name Orion Mine
Related records 10115521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66201, 36.18275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 0.8 MI NW COSO SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coso Peak(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

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020S 040E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66201, 36.18275
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coso

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Material AU ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.34 Oz. Au, 4.16 Oz. Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 118g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 66g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SECOND VEIN AVG. $6/TON IN GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • 53-FT. INCLINE, ON 50-FT. LEVEL, DRIFT RUN EAST FOR 15 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN 185 FT. NORTH ON SECOND VEIN.

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. 159

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 414

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, ONE 14 IN. IN THICKNESS
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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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