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Mexican Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076658
MRDS ID W023802
Record type Site
Current site name Mexican Mine
Alternate or previous names Reed Flat
Related records 10212141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18065, 37.37688 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position 12 AIRLINE MILES EAST OF BISHOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanco Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 035E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18065, 37.37688
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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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ASSAYS 1948 : 3.7 % PB, 6 % ZN, AND 2.6 OZ AG/TON PRODUCTION NOW KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN-CUTS, 60 FT. SHAFT WITH AN 800 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT S 60 E. OVER 400 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ARE DRIVEN TO THE NORTH FROM ADIT, ALSO 60 FT. WINZE AND A 25 FT. RAISE.

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. 489

  • 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. 74 - 75 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 469 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS PARTIALLY OXIDIZED TO CARBONATES OF PB AND ZN.

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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Authoritative California resources

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