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Le Cyr Deposit

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036152
MRDS ID M024209
Record type Site
Current site name Le Cyr Deposit
Related records 10139343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80841, 36.31053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 15 MILES SE OF OLANCHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Centennial Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens 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 019S 038E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Secondary
Silica Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result IRON, 59.07 %
Result SILICA, 3.04 %
Result P, .047 %
Result S, 1.06 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80841, 36.31053
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coso

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Le Cyr
    Home office Tucson, Az.

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^59 % Fe (Metallic), Less Than .06 % P
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Iron Iron 59wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. DIV. MINES BULL. 129, P. 293

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1938: MINERAL RESOURCES INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL. 34, NO. 4, P. 425

  • Production

    TUCKER, W.B., 1938, P. 425

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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