Panamint Treasure Mine

The Panamint Treasure Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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