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Burgess 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103516
MRDS ID M024191
Record type Site
Current site name Burgess Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Sides

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91703, 36.63218 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 1.8 MI. SE NEW YORK BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New York Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(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 015S 037E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED $20-$40/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91703, 36.63218
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES OF DIORITE PORPHYRY OCCUR IN VICINITY OF MINE. NORTH OF SHAFT, CRUSHED SPECIMENS OF AMMONITES OCCUR IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beveridge

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. INCLINE. WEST OF INCLINE, 2 SHAFTS, EACH 60 FT. DEEP. ON EAST SLOPE OF RIDGE, CROSSCUT-ADIT 700 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS IN LIMESTONE ONE OCCURS ON CONTACT. THICKNESSES FROM 1-2 FT.
Deposit 19 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

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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