The Curran Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.1236, -117.08810
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Curran Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Curran Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Near Surface
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE WAS NOT SUCCESSFULLY CONCENTRATED DUE TO HIGH SULFIDE CONTENT, BUT RANGED, IN TENOR, FROM $13-$7/TON IN GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS, AVG. 2 FT. IN THICKNESS. HEAVILY MINERALIZED WITH MASSIVE SULFIDES AND SUBORDINATE COARSELY GRANULAR, GLASSY QUARTZ. PYRRHOTITE AND PYRITE IMPREGNATE WALL ROCK FOR SEVERAL INCHES FROM VEIN. MOST SULFIDES OCCUR OF SURFACE. APPARENTLY, SOME SILVER-BEARING VEINS OCCUR ON OR NEAR MAIN DEPOSIT.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED Looks like typo in Latitude. Values changed to match DEP_ID 10139400.
Comment (Workings): 300 FT. OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): VEINLETS OF SIDERITE CUT MARCASITE AND CHALCOPYRITE. MARCASITE REPLACES PYRRHOTITE ALONG CLEAVAGE PLANES. ORDER OF MINERAL DEPOSITION WAS POSTULATED AS FOLLOWS: PYRITE, QUARTZ, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MARCASITE AND SIDERITE OVERLAPPING WITH MARCASITE AND CHALCOPYRITE. DETAILED PETROGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF SULFIDES IN SAMPSON (1932).
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.I., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANAMINT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 366-368
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. 149
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. 394
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