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Mammoth 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036084
MRDS ID M024115
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine
Related records 10138929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53368, 35.95137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.9 MI. E. MOUNTAIN SPRING ON RIDGE N. OF MT. SPRINGS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(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 023S 041E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC. 3. TOPO INDICATES SEC 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNKNOWN WHETHER AU OCCURS IN FREE-STATE OR IN SULFIDES

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.53368, 35.95137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70 S
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, UPPER ONE 320 FT. LONG. INTERSECTED ORE AT 300 FT. 30 - FT. WINZE, SUNK ON VEIN, AND RAISE PUT UP 30 FT. 400 FT. BELOW THESE WORKINGS, LOWER CROSSCUT EXTENDS 1000 FT. TO 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. 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. 407

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 FT. IN THICKNESS
Deposit 7 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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