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Defense Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163617
MRDS ID W023798
MAS/MILS ID 0060270208
Record type Site
Current site name Defense Mine
Related records 10076654

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.4612, 36.24437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
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

Revenue Canyon(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 019 S 042 E 31 N2NE California

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.4612, 36.24437
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 10M
    Length 100M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70W:65N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Modoc

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. D Foreman
    Interest 99
    Year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 68-69.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 55, P. 467-

  • Deposit

    468.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 73, 1963, P. 27-

  • Deposit

    29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-94 Rice U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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