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Carbonate

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072416
MRDS ID W017727
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate
Alternate or previous names Carbonate Land Mining Co., Queen of Sheba.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88949, 35.99915 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 7 MILES NORTH OF WARM SPRINGS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anvil Spring Canyon West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(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
San Bernardino 022N 001E 20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88949, 35.99915
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, A Normal Fault With Large Displacement Lies Between Carbonate And Queen Sheba Ore Bodies.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E OF N
    Dip 35 E
    Length 121.92M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults (Steep)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODIES OCCUR IN NOONDAY DOLOMITE OVERLYING PRE-CAMBRIAN DIABASE. DOLOMITE IN WORKINGS IS HIGHLY BRECCIATED, APPEARS TO LIE AT SOLE OF LOW-ANGLE THRUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 - 1935 , 1948 - 1949

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED AND MILLED AVG., 15 % PB, 6.33 OZ AG AND RECOVERABLE COPPER AND GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT AT QUEEN SHEBA IS 2 TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES AGGREGATING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET. CARBONATE CLAIM EXHAUSTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 503 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 430 - 431 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 503 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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