The Coso Mine is a mercury mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.04028, -117.79361
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Coso Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coso Mine
Secondary: Nicol
Secondary: Devil's Kitchen
Secondary: Atlas, Lynch & Lynch
Secondary: Walley - Mickey & Wheeler
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Coso
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Government
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12.4 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Hot Springs And Fissures Associated With Them
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Argillic, Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sulfur
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, INYOKERN, CALIFORNIA
Comment (Workings): DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR LARGEST MASS OF SINTER
Comment (Geology): ACTIVE HOT SPRINGS AND FUMAROLES. MERCURY MINERALS CURRENTLY BEING DEPOSITED
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS & YATES, 1943, USGS BULL 936-Q, P. 395-416
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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