The Commetti Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.07722, -118.28861
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Commetti Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commetti Mine
Secondary: Comeiti Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Fisher Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ON HANGING WALL OF VEIN ASSAYED $8 - $13/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2 SW 1/4 17 LAND UNSURVEYED
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1911 RAN 1.257 OZ AU, 7.12 OZ AG, AND 62.8% PB. INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1911 AND 1941 HAD ASSAYS OF 0.675 OZ AU, 11.2 OZ AG, 0.4% PB, CU.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS; UPPER ONE 300 FT. LONG; INTERMEDIATE TUNNEL 536 FT.; LOWER TUNNEL 450 FT. LONG. AT 440 FT. FROM PORTAL OF LOWER ADIT, 210 FT. WINZE; DRIFT TO WEST FOR 385 FT. ON 110-FT. LEVEL OF WINZE; AT 256 FT. FROM WINZE, CROSSCUT DRIVEN TO HANGING WALL OF VEIN, WITH SHORT DRIFT EAST AND SMALL STOPE ABOVE THIS DRIFT. AT 155 - FT LEVEL, DRIFT FOR 70 FT. TO WEST. ON 210 - FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 270 FT. WEST ON NORTH OR FOOTWALL SIDE OF VEIN. ORE IN THE VEIN WAS FROM 60-120 FT. WEST OF WINZE. DRIFT. FOR 30 FT. ON SOUTH OR HANGING WALL OF VEIN INTO 8 IN. OF ORE. 100 - FT. DRIFT TO WEST ON THIS VEIN. AT 30 FT. FROM CROSSCUT, INCLINED WINZE SUNK 50 FT., 15 FT. FURTHER WEST, VERTICAL WINZE CONNECTS WITH INCLINED WINZE AT BOTTOM.
Comment (Deposit): 10 CLAIMS AND 3 MILLSITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL VEINS, AVG. 4 FT. IN THICKNESS, SEPARATED BY ANDESITIC DIKE, 15 FT. THICK
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. 148
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
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 463
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938) TUCKER (1926), GOODWIN (1957)
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