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Shoshone Mines

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134933
MRDS ID M020661
MAS/MILS ID 0060270207
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Mines
Alternate or previous names Alexander, Apex Consolidated Gp. - 0060270201, Columbia No. 2 - 0060270133, Gunsight - 0060270146, Orofino - 0060270200, Rainbow, War Eagle - 0060270199, Mabel, Black Prince, Noonday - 0060270147
Related records 10033994, 10163308

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.10306, 35.80919 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecopa Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(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
San Bernardino 020 N 008 E 27 NWNE California

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE ELEVEN MINES IN ALL. ALSO IN SECTION 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Precambrian rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Death Valley)
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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