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Red Mexican Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103484
MRDS ID M024093
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mexican Mine
Related records 10284842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69313, 36.1583 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 1.2 MI NE SUMMIT OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coso Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020S 039E 25,36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69313, 36.1583
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 20W
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coso

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. 8 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED NETTED $152.

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT. SHAFT, 370-FT. DRIFT TO VEIN FROM 100-FT. LEVEL 25 FT. DRIFT FROM 150-FT. LEVEL

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. 161

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 415

  • Production

    TUCKER & SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6-18 IN. IN THICKNESS
Deposit 1 CLAIM AND A FRACTION ; 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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