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Ratcliff Mine

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212180
MRDS ID X023716
MAS/MILS ID 0060270079
Record type Site
Current site name Ratcliff Mine
Alternate or previous names Radcliffe Mine, Radcliffe Group, Radcliff
Related records 10106505

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.13479, 36.03328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
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

Ballarat(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 022 S 045 E 16 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.13479, 36.03328
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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 Medium
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • NEW EXPLORATION HAS BEEN UNDERWAY SINCE 1989.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Echo Bay Exploration, Inc.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-1994 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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