The Poleta Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.35944, -118.27417
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Poleta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poleta Mine
Secondary: Polita
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Chidago
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
Not available
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
Form: HONEYCOMBED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FEW IN.-2 FT. IN THICKNESS. ORE DESCRIBED AS DECOMPOSED
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A TUNNEL SOME 400 FT. LONG. AT ABOUT 200 FT. FROM THE PORTAL OF THIS TUNNEL, A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 600 FT. ON A 35 DEG INCLINATION. LEVELS THEN OPEN AND PARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE ARE: 200 LEVEL; DRIFT E. 400 FT. WITH A STOPE 40 FT. LONG BY ABOUT 25 FT. HIGH 250 LEVEL, DRIFT W. 250 FT., FIRST 100 FT. STOPED AND FILLED; 350 LEVEL, DRIFT E. 150 FT., STOPED, WITH A DRIFT WEST WHICH HAS BEEN STOPED AND FILLED; 400 LEVEL, DRIFT E. 60 FT., STOPED AND FILLED; 530 LEVEL, DRIFT W. 100 FT., STOPE 40 FT. LONG BY 30 FT. HIGH; 600 LEVEL, DRIFT W. 50 FT., STOPED, DRIFT E. 50 FT. THE EAST DRIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE MILL WAS IN THE CANYON, ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE MINE AND APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. LOWER.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS, ONE PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SOME 4000 TONS WERE TREATED IN MILL. EXTRACTION OF 96% ON SULFIDE ORES.
References
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. 160
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. 414-415
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 502
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 139
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957), TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)
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