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Snow Caps Project

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085022
MRDS ID W700454
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Caps Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.05092, 36.74996 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF INDEPENDENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.05092, 36.74996
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Russ

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.411 g/mt Gold Major 1988
    Silver Ag 67.765 g/mt Silver Major 1988

Comments on development

  • SCHEDULED TO BE ON LINE BY APRIL, 1988. OPENPIT, HEAP-LEACH PROJECT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 20,000 OZ AU, 750,000 OZ AG DURING LIFE OF ABOUT 1 YEAR; "ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS" ADJACENT TO PRESENT OREBODY, LIFE OF PROJECT MIGHT BE EXTENDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, MARCH, 1988, P. 6A.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, 186 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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