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Christmas Gift

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076619
MRDS ID W023742
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas Gift
Related records 10211798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60923, 36.29997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darwin(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 019S 040E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60923, 36.29997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault; Located On 200 Ft. Ne Of Shaft, Strikes N 70 E, Dips 75 S.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRATIFIED TACTITE HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY NUMEROUS DIKES AND IRREGULAR OFFSHOOTS FROM DARWIN GRANODIORITE STOCK, ALSO CUT BY AN INTRICATE SYSTEM OF FISSURES AND FAULTS. TACTITE STRIKES N 30 W, DIPS S 30 - 40 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years INTERMITTENTLY 1894 - 1948

Mining district

District name Darwin

Comments on the production information

  • EST. PRODUCTION; $500,000 , ASSAYING 15 - 30 % PB, 20 - 30 OZ/TON AG, LITTLE GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1036.32M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND 3,000 FT. OF DRIFTS

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. 462

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 59 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 462 (SEE REF.)

Reporter information

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

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