The Silver Rule is a zinc mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,560 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: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.8033, -115.95970
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Silver Rule MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Rule
Secondary: Crystal Spring
Secondary: Chambers
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Resting Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John And Sylvia Prato
Percent: 99.00
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 186.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, NO. 1, P. 113.
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