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Lippincott Lead Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261108
MRDS ID W023760
MAS/MILS ID 0060270152
Record type Site
Current site name Lippincott Lead Mine
Alternate or previous names Lead King
Related records 10076628, 10211910

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.58261, 36.63436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
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

Ubehebe Peak(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

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 S 040 E 13 NWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.58261, 36.63436
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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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 144, 1948, NO. 131, P. 146.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 73-74.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 42, 1955, P. 2-

  • Deposit

    42.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 49, 1956, P. 10,

  • Deposit

    35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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