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Wahoo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036131
MRDS ID M024184
Record type Site
Current site name Wahoo Mine
Related records 10236361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64702, 36.32386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 6 MI. NW DARWIN, ADJOINS RUIZ MINE TO NW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talc City Hills(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

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 018S 040E 33,34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOCATION EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE. LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64702, 36.32386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 40SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • AU-AG ORE SHIPPED IN 1940, 1941 AND 1947 AVG. 15.3% PB, 20 OZ. AG AND RECOVERABLE COPPER AND GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 90-FT. SHAFT, DRIFT TO SOUTH ON VEIN FOR 80-FT.

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. 164

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 424

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 521

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 25

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3-4 FT. IN THICKNESS
Deposit 2 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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