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Bendire Canyon Mine

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138889
MAS/MILS ID 0060270760
Record type Site
Current site name Bendire Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.4384, 36.10278 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maturango Peak(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 021 S 042 E 15 SWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.4384, 36.10278
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLDEN, K. D., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL ARGUS RANGE:

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS, SAN JOSE STATE UNIV., SAN JOSE, CALIF.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, S. C., 1976, GEOLOGY AND THRUST FAULT TECTONICS OF

  • Deposit

    PARTS OF THE ARGUS AND SLATE RANGES, INYO COUNTY

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: PHD THESIS, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE,

  • Deposit

    WA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STONE BUILDING FOUNDATION. RELATIVELY LIITLE DUMP MATERIAL; NO CU INDICATIONS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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