The Waterfall is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 37.3753, -118.09690
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Waterfall MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waterfall
Secondary: Birch Creek Rare Ii Area
Secondary: Waterfall Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NUMBER 0060271338
References
Reference (Deposit): NO. 26, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INYO AND WHITE
Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 540,
Reference (Deposit): P. 113-114.
Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 110, 1918, NO. 418.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 119.
Reference (Deposit): U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 90-83, 1983, TABLE 2,
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