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Commetti Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 10036116
MRDS ID M024162
Record type Site
Current site name Commetti Mine
Alternate or previous names Comeiti Group
Related records 10260461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28954, 37.07717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3.2 MI N. RED MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(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 010S 034E 07,17,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 SW 1/4 17 LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ON HANGING WALL OF VEIN ASSAYED $8 - $13/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28954, 37.07717
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 80 S
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fisher Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1911 RAN 1.257 OZ AU, 7.12 OZ AG, AND 62.8% PB. INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1911 AND 1941 HAD ASSAYS OF 0.675 OZ AU, 11.2 OZ AG, 0.4% PB, CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS; UPPER ONE 300 FT. LONG; INTERMEDIATE TUNNEL 536 FT.; LOWER TUNNEL 450 FT. LONG. AT 440 FT. FROM PORTAL OF LOWER ADIT, 210 FT. WINZE; DRIFT TO WEST FOR 385 FT. ON 110-FT. LEVEL OF WINZE; AT 256 FT. FROM WINZE, CROSSCUT DRIVEN TO HANGING WALL OF VEIN, WITH SHORT DRIFT EAST AND SMALL STOPE ABOVE THIS DRIFT. AT 155 - FT LEVEL, DRIFT FOR 70 FT. TO WEST. ON 210 - FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 270 FT. WEST ON NORTH OR FOOTWALL SIDE OF VEIN. ORE IN THE VEIN WAS FROM 60-120 FT. WEST OF WINZE. DRIFT. FOR 30 FT. ON SOUTH OR HANGING WALL OF VEIN INTO 8 IN. OF ORE. 100 - FT. DRIFT TO WEST ON THIS VEIN. AT 30 FT. FROM CROSSCUT, INCLINED WINZE SUNK 50 FT., 15 FT. FURTHER WEST, VERTICAL WINZE CONNECTS WITH INCLINED WINZE AT BOTTOM.

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. 148

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 393

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 468

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 463

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938) TUCKER (1926), GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS, AVG. 4 FT. IN THICKNESS, SEPARATED BY ANDESITIC DIKE, 15 FT. THICK
Deposit 10 CLAIMS AND 3 MILLSITES ; 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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