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New Era Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086467
MRDS ID X023772
Record type Site
Current site name New Era Mine
Alternate or previous names Buckeye, Never Rest
Related records 10187946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2401, 37.04828 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 0.8 MI SW SHORE OF TINEMAHA RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tinemaha Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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 010S 034E 26,27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED FROM $4-$10/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2401, 37.04828
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fish Springs

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MILLED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AVG. $6/TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SW-TRENDING ADIT, 1000 FT. LONG, TO 60-DEG. INCLINE AT 165 FT. STATION. LEVELS AT 30,100 AND 150 FT. WITH APPROX. 1000 FT. OF LATERAL WORKINGS. OPEN CUTS W. OF 150-FT. SHAFT

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. 47

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1920, INYO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 279

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED, DECOMPOSED DIKE
Deposit 12 UNPATENTED 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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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