The Josephine Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.18, -117.63722
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Josephine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Josephine Mine
Secondary: Yucca
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Coso
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE DESCRIBED AS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO THAT OF MARIPOSA MINE.
Comment (Production): 10 TONS SHIPPED TO HUGHES LAKE AVG. $40/TON; 20 TONS SHIPPED TO KEELER GOLD MINE, $26/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS, 6 IN. - 2 FT. IN THICKNESS; OUTCROP FOR 300 FT.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND TUNNELS, SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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, 424
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 85
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 138
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), WARING (1917)
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