High Chicago

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235996
MAS/MILS ID 0060271612
Record type Site
Current site name High Chicago

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.23006, 36.04939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1040
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

Twelvemile Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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 023 N 007 E 33 SENWSE California

Comments on the location information

  • ZONE OF WORKINGS EXTENDS ALONG VALLEY FROM SE 29 T23N, R7E TO NW3 T22N R7.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.23006, 36.04939

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred And Karen Johnson/Gary And Patty Mohn
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-85, 1985, P. 40-47.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-10, 1986,

  • Deposit

    NO. 43, PLATE 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1993 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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