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Cerro Gordo Mine

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090631
MRDS ID D001914
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Gordo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78424, 36.53329 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Gordo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78424, 36.53329
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Gordo

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.