The Shoshone Mines is a lead and zinc mine located in Inyo county, California.
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Shoshone Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shoshone Mines
Secondary: Alexander
Secondary: Apex Construction
Secondary: Black Prince
Secondary: Columbia No. 2
Secondary: Grant
Secondary: Gunsight
Secondary: Mabel
Secondary: Noonday
Secondary: Oro Fino
Secondary: Rainbow and War Eagle.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE CLOSED IN MARCH 1953 , EXPLORATION FAILED TO DEVELOP. FURTHER HIGH-GRADE RESERVED. NOONDAY, GUNSIGHT AND GRANT MINES HAVE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN REPLACEMENT AND FISSURE VEINS, MOST OCCURS ALONG A STEEPLY DIPPING FAULT WHICH STRIKES NW.
Comment (Workings): COLUMBIA NO. 2 HAS A 765 FT. SHAFT INCLINED AT 36 DEG. AND A 200 FT. INCLINED WINZE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT, LATERAL WORKINGS TOTAL SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.
Comment (Production): OVER 160,000 TONS OF ORE BETWEEN 1907 - 1931 , AVG. SMELTER RECOVER 12 % PB. THE ALEXANDER, GRANT, AND NOONDAY PRODUCED 40,000,000 LBS. OF PB. BETWEEN 1914 - 1931 WAR EAGLE & COLOMBIA PRODUCED 36,000,000 LBS. OF PB, AND 8,000,000 LBS. ZN FROM 1942 - 1948 . SINCE 1949 , GROUP HAS PRODUCED OVER 29,000,000 LBS. PB AND 8,000,000 LBS. ZN. RECENT YEARS, AVG. 8.8 % PB, 6 % ZN AND 4 OZ. AG/TON. APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF ORE RECENTLY HAS BEEN OF SHIPPING GRADE, AVG. 24 % PB, 4.9 % ZN, 10.5 OZ AG AND .16 OZ AU PER TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 510 - 511
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. J., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 80 - 81 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 510 - 511 (SEE REF.)
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