The Davenport Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.89278, -117.38361
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Davenport Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Davenport Mine
Secondary: Argus Gold Project
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Queenstake Resources Ltd. (40%), Childs International Inc. (60%)
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): BASED ON DRILLING ON 100 FT CENTERS; INCLUDES BOTH THIS MINE AND GROUND ADJACENT TO THE NEARBY HERMOSA MINE (WITHIN 900 FT)
Comment (Commodity): FINELY-DIVIDED FREE GOLD
Comment (Development): REVERSE CIRCULAR DRILLING (1987-1989), SURFACE SAMPLING; NEW RESERVES AMENABLE TO HEAP LEACH CYANIDATION (71% RECOVERY)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ STRINGERS AND FRAGMENTS ORE SHOOTS RAKE FLATLY TO SE.
Comment (Workings): 400 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200 AND 400-FT. ON 100 FT. LEVEL, DRIFTS 200 FT. TO SE, 310-FT. NW. RAISE 120-FT. E. OF SHAFT CONNECTS TO SURFACE. SMALL AREA WEST OF SHAFT ABOVE 100-FT. LEVEL WAS STOPED OUT. ON 200-FT. LEVEL, 190 FT. DRIFT TO NW, 455 FT. TO SE, WITH 2 RAISES EAST OF SHAFT CONNECTING WITH 100-FT. LEVEL. ORE WAS STOPED BY SHRINKAGE TO A POINT 65 FT. ABOVE 200-FT. LEVEL AND EAST OF SHAFT. NO ORE WAS FOUND NEAR SHAFT BOTTOM, AND 50 FT. CROSSCUT IN HANGING WALL WAS ALSO BARREN. FOOTWALL CROSSCUTS TO VEIN INDICATED ORE OF LOW GRADE. OPEN CUT SURFACE PROSPECTING 1500 FT. WEST OF SHAFT WAS ENCOURAGING. SEE SKETCH MAP OF WORKINGS IN NORMAN AND STEWART (1951) P. 42.
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VALUES FOR 100 AND 200-FT. LEVELS, RESPECTIVELY.
References
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. 395
Reference (Deposit): QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES LTD. 1987 ANNUAL REPORT, 25 P.
Reference (Production): NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)
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. 41-43
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