The Panamint Treasure Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.99083, -116.94333
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Panamint Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Panamint Treasure Mine
Secondary: Taylor
Secondary: Treasure and Gold Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
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
Year: 1932
Material type: AU-AG ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^High-Grade, With 7% Pb, 0.88% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1894
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: AVG. ASSAYS SHOWED 1.02 OZ AU, 9.4 OZ AG, 3.2% PB
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPANTENTED FRACTION CLAIMS AND MILLSITE. 90 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED VERY QUESTIONABLE
Comment (Production): 150 TONS WERE SHIPPED AND 300 TONS WERE MILLED. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT. LENSES UP TO 60 FT. IN LENGTH, 25 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): MOST WORK ON TAYLOR CLAIM, WHERE 2 ADITS, 100 AND 50 FT. LONG WERE DRIVEN. 40 - FT. SHAFT
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. 47, 160
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANIMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 369
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 499
Reference (Production): NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), GOODWIN (1957)
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