The Carbonate is a lead and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 200 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: 200 Feet (61 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.99917, -116.88861
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Carbonate MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate
Secondary: Carbonate Land Mining Co.
Secondary: Queen of Sheba.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, A Normal Fault With Large Displacement Lies Between Carbonate And Queen Sheba Ore Bodies.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED AND MILLED AVG., 15 % PB, 6.33 OZ AG AND RECOVERABLE COPPER AND GOLD.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODIES OCCUR IN NOONDAY DOLOMITE OVERLYING PRE-CAMBRIAN DIABASE. DOLOMITE IN WORKINGS IS HIGHLY BRECCIATED, APPEARS TO LIE AT SOLE OF LOW-ANGLE THRUST.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT AT QUEEN SHEBA IS 2 TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES AGGREGATING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET. CARBONATE CLAIM EXHAUSTED
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 503 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 430 - 431 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 503 (SEE REF.)
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