The Inyo Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.5125, -116.68806
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Inyo Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Inyo Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10-FT. VEIN ON UPPER 10 CLAIM ASSAYED $25/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE UPPER TEN CLAIM. IT CONSISTS OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, 220 FT. LONG, WHICH CONNECTS WITH A TUNNEL AT THE BOTTOM. LEVELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AT 100 AND 160 FT. HORIZONS, 60 AND 40 FT., RESPECTIVELY. THE TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN AS A CROSSCUT NORTH 695 FT. TO THE VEIN, DRIFT EAST 50 FT. AND 80 FT. WEST TO CONNECT WITH THE SHAFT. AT ABOUT 200 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AN AIR SHAFT WAS RAISED THROUGH TO THE SURFACE, A DISTANCE OF 80 FT. AT THE COLLAR OF THE AIR SHAFT A CROSSCUT HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORTH 50 FT. THEY DRIFTED NORTHEAST 25 FT. ON THIS VEIN. ABOUT 50 FT. EAST OF COLLAR OF THE MAIN SHAFT A CROSSCUT EXPOSES THE VEIN FOR A WIDTH OF 30 FT., WHICH IS SAID TO BE GOOD ORE. SKETCH MAP PROVEDED IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1938)
Comment (Deposit): 17 PATENTED AND 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): 6 VEINS IN QUARTZITE, THICKNESSES VARY FROM 1-15 FT. AT TOP OF HILL, TO NORTH OF WORKINGS, ANOTHER VEIN OUTCROPS FOR LENGTH OF 300 FT., AVG. 3 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD OCCURED IN FINELY-DIVIDED STATE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN 0.5 MI OF EACH OTHER
References
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 153
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 401
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