The Lost Burro Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,351 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: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.72444, -117.52194
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Mine Description
Some gold has been produced in the Ubehebe copper-lead-silver district. The district is in central Inyo County about 75 miles east of Lone Pine. The chief source of gold has been the Lost Burro mine, which was worked from 1906 to 1917 and 1934 to 1942. The value of its total output is about $100,000. The gold occurs in a flat four-foot-thick vein of quartz, jasper, and calcite that is near a contact between limestone and granitic rocks. The gold occurs in the native state with pyrite and chalcopyrite.
Bibliography
McAllister, J. F., 1955, Geology of mineral deposits in the Ubehebe Peak quadrangle, California: California Div. Mines Spec. Rept. 42, 63 pp.
Waring, C. A., and Huguenin, Emile, 1919, Inyo County, Lost Burro mine: California Min. Bur. Rept. 15, pp. 81-82.
Lost Burro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Burro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Ubehebe
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED; LOC. PROJECTED
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS, VARY FROM 4 FT. AT OUTCROP TO 6 IN. IN THICKNESS; APPEAR TO PINCH OUT AT DEPTH
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Production): NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ORE SAID TO AVG $25/TON.
References
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. 406
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., AND HUGUENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 81-82
Reference (Production): WARING (1917)
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. 155
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