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Giroux Mine

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285057
MRDS ID W023788
MAS/MILS ID 0060270187
Record type Site
Current site name Giroux Mine
Alternate or previous names Rio Tinto Consolidated, Rio Tinto, Jeroo
Related records 10076647

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.5834, 36.26717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
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

Darwin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 S 040 E 24 C E2E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.5834, 36.26717
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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