The Comanche and Kerric is a lead and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.77861, -118.46528
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Comanche and Kerric MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comanche and Kerric
Secondary: Comanche
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Blind Spring Hill
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Normal Faults Which Strike E. And W.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 10 - 30 OZ AG - LOW AU VALUES.
Materials
Ore: Freibergite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS A COMPLEX ASSOCIATION OF ANTIMONAL COPPER, LEAD AND SILVER, SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD.
Comment (Production): HIGHGRADE ORE, PRODUCED $30,000 .
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR LENSES WITH GENERAL TREND TOWARD SOUTH, VARY IN LENGTH 20 - 100 FT. OCCUR IN VEINS. THESE LENSES VARY IN THICKNESS FROM 3 INCHES TO 2 FT., REMAING VEIN MATERIAL IS A SILICIFIED PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): 1800 INCLINED SHAFT, A 4300 FT. TUNNEL, 1800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 1800 FT. OF RAISES
Comment (Deposit): 1120 ACRES
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 141 - 143 .
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , P. 557 .
Reference (Production): SAMPSON, R.J. & TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , P. 141
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