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Skidoo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086459
MRDS ID X023697
Record type Site
Current site name Skidoo Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Bell
Related records 10188183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.15117, 36.43441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 7 MI. N EMIGRNT PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 045E 19,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SEVERAL SCATTERED LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $15-$20/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.15117, 36.43441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW E-W
    Dip 30-40 SW, 60N
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Wildrose

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE WAS FREE-MILLING AND RANGED FROM $15-$20/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, 300 FT. DEEP ON EAST VEIN SYSTEM; SHAFT 300 FT. DEEP ON MAIN VEIN SYSTEM WITH OVER 1 MILE OF TUNNELS AND DRIFTS. OUTCROPS OF 8 VEINS WERE MINED. MILL IN EMIGRANT CANYON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 51

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4 P. 420-421

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 473

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 512

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), TUCKER (1926), GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEIN SYSTEMS, AVG. 18 IN.-2 FT. THICK.
Deposit 12 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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