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Hoot Owl Deposit

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103517
MRDS ID M024208
Record type Site
Current site name Hoot Owl Deposit
Alternate or previous names Iron Cap, Monarch Iron Consolidated, Primus

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36145, 36.00609 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 20 MILES NORTH OF TRONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maturango Peak SE(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 022S 043E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAID TO CARRY $5 AU/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 64 % FE, LOW PHOSPHORUS CONTENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.36145, 36.00609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lloyd Helm

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1939-1941
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^59.21 To 66.97 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 63wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS HAULED BY TRUCK TO TRONA, FOR SHIPMENT TO SAN FRANCISCO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT 150 FT. DEEP, 500 FT. NE OF SHAFT IS A TUNNEL DRIVEN 240 FT. SW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 291

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1938; MINERALS RESOURCES INYO COUNTY: CA. JOUR. MINES' GEOLOGY, VOL. 34, NO. 4, P. 425

  • Production

    TUCKER, W.B., 1938

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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