The Cooney Zinc Mine is a mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 9,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.05361, -119.22806
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Cooney Zinc Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cooney Zinc Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mono
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Production): IDLE.
Comment (Deposit): SEC. 24: STATE V. 36 AND REPT. 23 SAY THIS MINE IS 5 MI. SW OF CONWAY SUMMIT, AND PL. 1 OF V. 36 SHOWS IT IN SEC. 30, 3N/25E. INDUSTRIAL WEST FOUNDATION SAYS IT IS 3 MI. W OF CONWAY SUMMIT. TOPO SHEET SHOWS A SHAFT & A SW TUNNEL IN SEC. 24, 3N/24E, SO I CHOSE THAT LOCATION. TAKE YOUR PICK.
Comment (Workings): 3 OR 4 OPEN CUTS, A SHAFT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. DEEP AND A CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN SW ABOUT 170 FT. ORE BODY 40 FT. WIDE ENCOUNTERED 30 FT. FROM PORTAL - SAMPLE CUTS AVG. 18 % ZN, 10 % PB WITH 4 - 6 OZ AG/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES,P. 557 - 558
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , MINERAL RESOUCES OF MONO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 143
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRIAL WEST FOUNDATION, DIV. II, SEC. C-METALLIFEROUS MINERALS, P. 103; ADD. REF.: CALIF. V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 557-8; MR-39 (ZINC)
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