The Confidence-Mendocino is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 2,598 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
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.87389, -116.45167
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Confidence-Mendocino MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confidence-Mendocino
Secondary: Confidence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LOC. EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCES THEY INDICATE INCORRECT COORDINATES
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1934.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS. 2 MOST PROMINANT ARE CONFIDENCE, 40 FT. THICK, AND MENDOCINO, 60 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): ADITS, 175 AND 375 FT. LONG ON CONFIDENCE VEIN, WITH 200 FT. VERTICAL INTERVAL. RAISES, STOPES, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED 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. 40, 141
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. 393
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 468-469
Reference (Production): NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)
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