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Chloride Cliff

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076618
MRDS ID W023741
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride Cliff
Alternate or previous names Mccrea Group. Old Mill
Related records 10163586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87783, 36.69414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 18 MILES SW OF BEATTY, NEVADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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 030N 001E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87783, 36.69414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chloride Cliff

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • 1910 ; SMALL PRODUCTION OF GOLD - SILVER ORE. 1928 - 1942 SHIPPED BASE ORE ASSAYING 6.9 % PB, SOME COPPER, ALSO HIGH GOLD - SILVER VALUES. TOTAL EST. $35,000 MAINLY IN GOLD - SILVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 SHORT ADITS; LONGEST BEING 400 FT., OTHERS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG

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. 461

  • 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. 391 - 392 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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