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Pennsylvania

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076641
MRDS ID W023776
Record type Site
Current site name Pennsylvania
Related records 10183974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.90259, 36.54468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NW OF KEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolomite(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 037E 13 California

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.90259, 36.54468
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1918 - 1942

Mining district

District name Swansea

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH SILVER-BEARING LEAD ORE, 1951 : CARLOAD OF DUMP MATERIAL SHIPPED, RECOVERY WAS 4.87 % PB, 7.44 % ZN AND 5.78 OZ AG/TON. 1952 : SOME ORE MILLED AND SHIPPED, SMELTER RECOVERY, 6.67 % PB, 8.34 % ZN AND 12.1 OZ AG/TON OF BULK ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 135 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 500

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 495 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 500 (SEE REF.)

Reporter information

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

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