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Little Mack Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103501
MRDS ID M024144
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mack Mine
Related records 10139443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42034, 36.23997 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 2.5 MI NE THOMPSON SPRING ON N SLOPE THOMPSON CANYON: ADJACENT TO MINNIETTA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Revenue Canyon(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 042E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $15-$20/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42034, 36.23997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 50 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Intersections Of Veins With Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 PARALLEL DIABASE DIKES CUT LIMESTONE BEDS. DIKES STRIKE N60W, DIP 60 SW, AND 60 FT. APART.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Modoc

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, BUT WAS SAID TO BE $15,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A TUNNEL DRIVEN N. 70 DEG W. 250 FT., FOLLOWING ONE OF THE DIABASE DIKES. AT 75 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, CUT QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING VALUES IN GOLD. ALSO, AT 200 FT. WEST OF THE PORTAL, CUT ANOTHER QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING GOLD VALUES. A RAISE WAS PUT UP ON THE VEIN SOME 30 FT. AND A SMALL STOPE STARTED. AT 250 FT. WEST OF THE PORTAL, A CROSSCUT HAS BEEN RUN NORTH 55 FT. INTERSECTING A PARALLEL DIABASE DIKE. ON THE HILL ABOVE THE TUNNEL LEVEL, A TUNNEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN S. 20 DEG W. ON A QUARTZ VEIN IN LIMESTONE, A DISTANCE OF 20 FT., THEN AN INCLINE SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 80 FT. OLD MILLSITE.

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. 155

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 405-406

  • Production

    TUCKER & SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS, 2-4 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 1 CLAIM AND 1 MILLSITE ; 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

Beyond USGS

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

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