The Lee Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.43889, -117.60917
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Lee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lee Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Lee
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): DUMPS REPORTED TO CARRY 22 OZ. AG/TON HAND PICKED ORE SHIPPED, 1951 AVERAGED 67.5 OZ AG, 1.8 % PB, 19 % ZN, RECOVERABLE CU AND AU.
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR LENSES ALONG SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS IN MINERALIZED ZONE 400 FT. WIDE AND 1000 FT. IN LENGTH. ORE OCCURS AS CHLORIDES AND CHLORO-BROMIDES. MINERALIZATION OF SILVER ORES IS FOUND ALONG SEAMS, FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES OF THE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): NUMBER OF SHAFTS AND OPEN-CUTS, DEEPEST SHAFT IS 80 FT., AND AN OPEN STOPE TO DEPTH OF ABOUT 80 FT.
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. 483 - 484
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 488 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 484 (SEE REF.)
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