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Big Horn Mine Area

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138990
MRDS ID X023735
MAS/MILS ID 0060270123
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Mine Area
Alternate or previous names Barranca Mine - 0060270453, Big Horne, Briton and Porter Mine, Joorigan Mine, Rattler Mine, Bighorn Group
Related records 10086461

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.90172, 36.68746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1980
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 014 S 037 E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.90172, 36.68746
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 22, 1926, P. 465-466.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 18, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 18-85, 1985, P. 29-30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Close, Terry J. 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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