The Royal Group is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 8,701 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: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.53833, -117.79306
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Royal Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal Group
Secondary: Cerro Gordo Extension
Secondary: Lead Queen
Secondary: Spear
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
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: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault, Strikes North, Dips 70 W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS, VARY IN THICKNESS FROM 1 FT - 3 FT
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. SHAFT, 800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND A 50 FT. WINZE ON THE 200 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE WITH BELT OF SLATES ON WEST SLOPE OF RIDGE. DIORITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS IN LIMESTONE, TRENDING NW ON LEAD KING AND LEAD PRINCE CLAIMS. EAST SLOPE OF RIDGE, IS A BELT OF WHITE MARBLE 300 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION; $30,000 IN PB, ZN, AG, AU AND CU. LEAD ORE SHIPPED CARRIED 20 - 29 % PB AND 26 OZ AG/TON. IT IS STATED THAT 46,000 LBS ZN WAS SHIPPED, AVERAGING 39.2 % ZN.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 507
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 497 - 498
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