Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims

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

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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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