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Lee Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076629
MRDS ID W023761
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Mine
Related records 10236594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61008, 36.43886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 18 MILES EAST OF KEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lee Wash(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 017S 040E 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 70 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1920 , 1936 - 1937 , 1951 , 1953

Mining district

District name Lee

Comments on the production information

  • DUMPS REPORTED TO CARRY 22 OZ. AG/TON HAND PICKED ORE SHIPPED, 1951 AVERAGED 67.5 OZ AG, 1.8 % PB, 19 % ZN, RECOVERABLE CU AND AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF SHAFTS AND OPEN-CUTS, DEEPEST SHAFT IS 80 FT., AND AN OPEN STOPE TO DEPTH OF ABOUT 80 FT.

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. 483 - 484

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 488 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 484 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES ALONG SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS IN MINERALIZED ZONE 400 FT. WIDE AND 1000 FT. IN LENGTH. ORE OCCURS AS CHLORIDES AND CHLORO-BROMIDES. MINERALIZATION OF SILVER ORES IS FOUND ALONG SEAMS, FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES OF THE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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