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Gunsite

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076626
MRDS ID W023756
Record type Site
Current site name Gunsite
Alternate or previous names Gunsight Shoshone
Related records 10163223

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.12392, 35.8486 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF TECOPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecopa Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(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
San Bernardino 020N 008E 09 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper 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) -116.12392, 35.8486
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 35 - 50 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILVER RULE DOLOMITE UNDERLAIN BY ALGONKIAN SHALES AND CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONES. SERIES OF N - S FAULTS, DIPPING 35 - 55 W SHOW DISPLACEMENTS OF ORE BODIES, UP TO 30 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1912 - 1928

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGED ASSAY VALUES; .077 OZ AU, 9.38 OZ AG, 7.84 % PB

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 440 - 442

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES ALONG FISSURES
Deposit PART OF SHOSHONE GROUP

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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