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Silver Spoon

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102975
MRDS ID M020663
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Spoon
Related records 10163374

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5909, 36.2533 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 019S;019S 040E;041E 25;30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5909, 36.2533
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1929 - 1951

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED AVG. 18.2 % PB, 0.63 % ZN AND 4.68 OZ AG/TON. A SHIPMENT IN 1948 CONTAINED 8.15 % ZN, 16.4 % PB AND 5.33 OZ AG/TON, SOME GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 512

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 500 - 501

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 512 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 - 6 FT. FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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