Curran Mine

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

Name: Curran Mine  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

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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