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Echo Gilt Edge Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036086
MRDS ID M024118
Record type Site
Current site name Echo Gilt Edge Group
Alternate or previous names Echo-G.H.
Related records 10261137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72421, 36.4933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1045
Relative position 3.9 MI WNW SCHWAUB PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(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
San Bernardino 027N 002E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 LAND UNSURVEYED. LOCATION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72421, 36.4933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W, NE
    Dip 55 S, NW
    Thickness 1.07M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE ASSOCIATED WITH LIMESTONE AND ANDESITE

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 SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. VALUES IN GOLD WERE UP TO $40/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 80 AND 60 FT. DEEP

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. 149

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 395

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS AND 2 FRACTIONS. PATENTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 3 PRINCIPLE VEINS; ONE CROSS STRINGER, THICKNESSES FROM FEW IN.-3.5 FT

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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