The Noonday Grant Mines is a silver and lead mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 2,881 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: 2,881 Feet (878 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.82889, -116.09583
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Noonday Grant Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Noonday Grant Mines
Secondary: Shoshone
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: N-S Steeply Dipping Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MAIN ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG SERIES OF N - S FRACTURES. SERIES OF N-S, STEEPLY DIPPING TO VERTICAL FAULTS MAY HAVE INFLUENCED POSITION OF ORE SHOOTS IN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT TO 400 FT. LEVEL AND A 600 FT. WINZE BELOW TUNNEL.
Comment (Deposit): PART OF SHOSHONE GROUP
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. 448 - 450
Reference (Production): TUCKER & SAMPSON, 1938 , P. 448
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