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Estelle

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076624
MRDS ID W023750
Record type Site
Current site name Estelle
Related records 10285243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81535, 36.5219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1910

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Gordo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(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 016S 038E 23 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81535, 36.5219
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916 - 1926

Mining district

District name Cerro Gordo

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period - 1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.16 Oz Au, 20.8 Oz Ag, 21.61 % Pb, Total Value Of $80,146 .
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 587g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5494.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT 6,290 FT. ELEVATION; DELLAPHINE TUNNEL DRIVEN N 70 E FOR 8,070 FT. DRIFTING ON MAIN TUNNEL, 4,783 FT. MAIN RAISE, 800 FT., TOTAL WORKINGS FROM 140 , 340 AND 660 FT. LEVELS FROM MAIN RAISE IS 9,957 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 69 - 70

  • 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. 437 - 440

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON, 1938 , P. 439 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN STRUCTUALLY CONTROLLED FRACTURES. TWO VEINS; SAN FELIPE STRIKES N 35 W, DIPS 70 SW, AND SANTA MARIA STRIKES N - S, DIPS 60 E. RECENT MAPPING INDICATES THAT, SAN FELIPE VEIN WAS NOT REACHED, A PARALLEL VEIN WAS.

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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