Tucki Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036076
MRDS ID M024103
Record type Site
Current site name Tucki Mine
Related records 10188408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12367, 36.48997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 4 MI. NNE SKIDOO ON SE SLOPE PANAMINT RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tucki Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 045E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED, VERY QUESTIONABLE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED FROM $12-$60/TON IN GOLD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.12367, 36.48997

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 55 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE TO 200-FT. LEVEL, CONTINUED AS A WINZE TO 330 FT. DEPTH-15 FT. OF DRIFTS AT 50 AND 100 FT. 40-FT. DRIFT SW ON 130 FT.-LEVEL, 80-FT. DRIFT SOUTH ON 170-FT. LEVEL, 40-FT. DRIFT E. ON 200-FT. LEVEL, 2 ADITS

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. 52

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS

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.

Authoritative California resources

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