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Lotus Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036091
MRDS ID M024125
Record type Site
Current site name Lotus Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Cristo Mines
Related records 10188001

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11728, 35.86026 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 3.8 MI S MANLY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sourdough Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 045E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11728, 35.86026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE BED OVERLAIN BY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE IN CONTACT WITH META-ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CUTS AND 3 ADITS. ONE 210 FT. LONG WITH STOPE, DRIFT. SHORT ADIT 60 FT. BELOW ALSO INTO ORE. THIRD ADIT 250 FT. LONG

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. 45-46

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAMS AND FISSURE VEINS, FEW IN.-4 FT. THICK IN QUARTZITE. SOME PB-AG-BEARING VEINS IN LIMESTONE
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED 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

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Authoritative California resources

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