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Bishop Silver-Cobalt Mines

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236541
MAS/MILS ID 0060271709
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Silver-Cobalt Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.54704, 37.14435 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 S 031 E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.54704, 37.14435
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 378-379.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 47, 1956, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F. L., AND OTHERS, 1985, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS, FRESNO, INYO, MADERA, AND MONO

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT. NO. 64, PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-1991 Johnson 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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