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Gypsy Queen Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103508
MRDS ID M024167
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsy Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Eureka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18204, 36.96551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 2.5 MI. SSE ABERDEEN STA, 4 MI. E OWENS VALLEY HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackrock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(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)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 035E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18204, 36.96551
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-30W
    Dip 80NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. VEIN IN SHAFT REPORTED TO CARRY GOOD VALUES IN GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TUNNELS 80-200 FT. IN LENGTH AND 40 FT. SHAFT

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. 152

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 399

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS WITH CONNECTING STRINGERS, 3 IN.-8 FT. IN THICKNESS
Deposit 10 CLAIMS ; 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

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