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Lakeview Quartzite Deposit

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102218
MRDS ID I002003
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeview Quartzite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96064, 36.57496 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF LONE PINE, CALIF., ON THE LOWER SLOPE OF THE INYO MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolomite(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16S 037E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Analytical data

Result TYPICAL ANALYSES: 99.23-99.66% SIO2, 0.14-0.45% AL2O3, 0-0.14% FE2O3, 0 TIO2, 0-0.11% P2O5, 0-0.02% CAO, 0 MGO, 0.02-0.01% NA2O, 0.02-0.007% K2O, 0.19-0.04% H2O.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Eureka Quartzite;
    Rock description Eureka Quartzite;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brownstone Mining Co.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladding, Mcbean And Co.
    First year 1961

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 226000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silica SiO2 99.4 wt-pct Silica Major 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VER PLANCK, W.E., 1961, QUARTZITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 187, 58 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    VER PLANCK, 1961.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUARTZITE IS LIGHT GRAY AND VITREOUS WITH SAPRSE LIMONITE FLECKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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