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Nopah

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10076660
MRDS ID W023804
Record type Site
Current site name Nopah
Related records 10284754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15919, 36.12305 (WGS84)
Elevation 969
Relative position AT END OF NOPAH RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twelvemile Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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 023N 008E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15919, 36.12305
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRECCIA CONSISTS OF ANGULAR DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS IN A GREENISH MATRIX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION OF 3 CARLOADS OF ORE AVERAGING 30 % PB, AND 17 OZ AG. ALSO 2 CARLOADS OF ZINC ORE AVERAGING 30 % ZN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT., 80 - DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT AND CONNECTING TUNNEL. SOME STOPING HAS BEEN DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 76 - 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN A BRECCIA PIPE ALONG FAULT IN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., UTM ZONE, DEPOSIT TYPE, ORE CONTROL.
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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