The Minnietta is a lead and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.23806, -117.43111
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Minnietta MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnietta
Secondary: Minneatta
Secondary: St. John
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Modoc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1949
Time Period: Through 1949
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^16 % Pb
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults; Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 LEVELS, UPPER LEVEL ORE STOPED FROM 85 FT. DRIFT TO SURFACE. MIDDLE LEVEL, CONSISTS OF 65 FT. ADIT. LOWER LEVEL IS A 250 FT. ADIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DIABASE DIKES ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SOME STOPES, MAY HAVE CONTROLLED DEPOSITION OF ORE.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): LAST ORE SHIPPED IN 1952 CONTAINED 12.1 % PB, 8.2 OZ AG, RECOVERABLE COPPER AND GOLD. ZN PRODUCTION HAS NOT BEEN LARGE, ABOUT 12,000 LBS, ( 1948 , 1950 ).
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG SOLE OF THRUST SHEET AND IN STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS BELOW THE THRUST. OUTCROP IS MARKED BY MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OFMINES, P. 490 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND STEWART, B. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 75 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 490 (SEE REF.)
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