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Hornspoon Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036129
MRDS ID M024181
Record type Site
Current site name Hornspoon Mine
Related records 10285050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11033, 36.17554 (WGS84)
Elevation 2606
Relative position 1.3 MI WNW TELESCOPE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telescope Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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

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 020S 045E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE-TEXTURED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11033, 36.17554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 35 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT, STRIKE N 45 E, DIP 65 SE, TERMINATES VEIN AT END OF 50 FT. ADIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. ADIT. 2 OTHER ADITS 60 AND 105 FT. SOUTH AND 38 FT. BELOW FIRST DID NOT LOCATE 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. 44

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 370

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT. IN THICKNESS. ORE IS A HIGHLY OXIDIZED BRECCIA CONSISTING OF FRAGMENTS OF DARK-COLORED QUARTZ CEMENTED BY CRUSTS OF SECONDARY QUARTZ. GOLD OCCURS IN EMBEDDED MASSES OF LIMONITE. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS ON PROPERTY, DESCRIBED AS QUITE BARREN.

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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