The Cerro Gordo is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 36.53972, -117.79083
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Cerro Gordo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cerro Gordo
Secondary: Aries Consolidated
Secondary: Armagh
Secondary: Bluff Boushey Silver
Secondary: Ignacio
Secondary: Morman
Secondary: New Enterprise
Secondary: Omega
Secondary: Pagan
Secondary: Santa Maria
Secondary: Summit No. 2 and Union.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Cerro Gordo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults; Both Pre - Intrusive And Post - Intrusive, Pre - Mineral And Post - Mineral. Some With Considerable Displacement.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PREDOMINANT ROCK IS WHITE MARBLE. SLATE AND IGNEOUS ROCK, WITH DIKES OF DIORITE AND PORPHYRY OCCUR WITHIN MARBLE. THREE PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION ARE RECOGNIZABLE IN THE MINE; EARLIEST OF PYRITE, SECOND OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND SPHALERITE WITH SOME PYRITE, THE LAST, QUARTZ WITH SUBORDINATE AMOUNTS OF GALENA AND ARGENTIFEROUS TETRAHEDRITE.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 550 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): 6 ORE BODIES; CHINA STOPE, JEFFERSON DIABASE DIKE, LA DESPRECIADA, UNION AND BELSHAW. FORMED ALONG STEEP, NORTH - NORTHWEST FISSURES IN DEVONIAN MARBLE.
Comment (Workings): GREATEST VERTICAL DIMENSION OF STOPES, ABOUT 1,000 FT. DEVELOPED BY 900 FT. SHAFT, LEVELS AT 85 , 200 , 400 , 550 , 700 , AND 900 FT.; 200 FT. WINZE FROM 900 FT. LEVEL EXTENDS TO 1,000 AND 1,100 FT. LEVELS: SECOND WINZE 250 FT. DEEP GAVE ACCESS TO 1030 AND 1150 LEVEL SOUTH OF SHAFT. TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ABOUT 30 MILES.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): 1943 - 1945 ; GOLDEN QUEEN MIN. CO. SHIPPED 750 - 1,000 TONS OF ORE, ASSAYING 17.5 % PB AND 13.2 OZ/TON AG. TOTAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $17,000,000 . RECORDED PRODUCTION SINCE 1906 IS OVER $6,000,000 .
References
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. 431 - 433
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. 460
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