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Cecil R 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103494
MRDS ID M024124
Record type Site
Current site name Cecil R Mine
Related records 10261023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18506, 35.97859 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 5.9 MI NW MANLY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manly Fall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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 022S 044E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED. LOC. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AS MUCH AS $250/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18506, 35.97859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, POCKETS
    Strike N-S
    Dip 20-30W
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Schistosity Of Wall Rock. Veins Follow Contortions Of Schist Where Intensly Folded

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST WORK DONE ON 2 NARROW VEINS ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF MAIN VEIN. ON S. SIDE OF CANYON, 200-FT. ADIT WITH SEV. SHORT RAISES; 50 FT. BELOW, 2 TUNNELS ON OPPOSITESIDES OF CANYON EACH 150 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESOF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 40

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANIMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 366

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), SAMPSON (1932)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS. PRINCIPAL VEIN 3-8 FT. THICK; AVG. 5 FT.; HIGH-GRADE ORE

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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