Commetti Mine

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

Name: Commetti Mine  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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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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