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Minnietta

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076633
MRDS ID W023765
Record type Site
Current site name Minnietta
Alternate or previous names Minneatta, St. John
Related records 10236349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43201, 36.23803 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 9 AIRLINE MILES SE. OF PANAMINT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Revenue Canyon(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 042E 33 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43201, 36.23803
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults; Thrust

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 - 45 E
    Dip 45 - 22 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIABASE DIKES ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SOME STOPES, MAY HAVE CONTROLLED DEPOSITION OF ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1902 - 1949 , 1948 - 1952

Mining district

District name Modoc

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period Through 1949
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^16 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 16wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • LAST ORE SHIPPED IN 1952 CONTAINED 12.1 % PB, 8.2 OZ AG, RECOVERABLE COPPER AND GOLD. ZN PRODUCTION HAS NOT BEEN LARGE, ABOUT 12,000 LBS, ( 1948 , 1950 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS, UPPER LEVEL ORE STOPED FROM 85 FT. DRIFT TO SURFACE. MIDDLE LEVEL, CONSISTS OF 65 FT. ADIT. LOWER LEVEL IS A 250 FT. ADIT

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. OFMINES, P. 490 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND STEWART, B. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 75 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 490 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG SOLE OF THRUST SHEET AND IN STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS BELOW THE THRUST. OUTCROP IS MARKED BY MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES.

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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