The Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 9,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,101 Feet (2,774 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.225, -118.60278
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Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims
Secondary: Wilshire-Bishop Creek
Secondary: Rocky Point
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Haggerty Fault, Strike N60e, Dip 45 Se, Displaces Orebodies 130 Ft. To Nw. Also Displaces Granitic Sills That Cut Ore Bodies
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED $10-12/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): APPROX. 99% OF ORE WAS GOLD, WITH A LITTLE COPPER, SILVER. RATIO OF CONCENTRATION IN MILL WAS 30:1, WITH A RECOVERY OF 92%. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AVG. 8 FT. THICK. FREE GOLD AND SULFIDES. 4 ORE SHOOTS, 20-300 FT. LONG, 6-16 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 600 FT. SHAFT, FIRST 100 FT. VERTICAL, REMAINING 500 FT. INCLINED 68 NW. LEVELS AT 60, 200, 300, 400, 500 AND 600 FT. 1400 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 200 FT. LEVEL DRIVEN TO NW. ABOUT 4 MILES OF DRIFTS AND RAISES.
Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVE MONZONITE-GRANITE, 800 FT. WIDE. CUTS QUARTZITE. CONTACT STRIKES N50W, DIPS 60SW
Comment (Deposit): 34 CLAIMS, 14 PATENTED (ROCKY POINT GROUP) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 4, P. 474
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 459
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938), GOODWIN (1957)
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 47, NO. 1, P. 39-40
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 389, 391
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