Cerro Gordo

The Cerro Gordo is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 8,501 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: Cerro Gordo  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc

Lat, Long: 36.53972, -117.79083

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Cerro Gordo MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cerro Gordo
Secondary: Aries Consolidated
Secondary: Armagh
Secondary: Bluff Boushey Silver
Secondary: Ignacio
Secondary: Morman
Secondary: New Enterprise
Secondary: Omega
Secondary: Pagan
Secondary: Santa Maria
Secondary: Summit No. 2 and Union.


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Inyo
District: Cerro Gordo


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


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: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults; Both Pre - Intrusive And Post - Intrusive, Pre - Mineral And Post - Mineral. Some With Considerable Displacement.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PREDOMINANT ROCK IS WHITE MARBLE. SLATE AND IGNEOUS ROCK, WITH DIKES OF DIORITE AND PORPHYRY OCCUR WITHIN MARBLE. THREE PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION ARE RECOGNIZABLE IN THE MINE; EARLIEST OF PYRITE, SECOND OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND SPHALERITE WITH SOME PYRITE, THE LAST, QUARTZ WITH SUBORDINATE AMOUNTS OF GALENA AND ARGENTIFEROUS TETRAHEDRITE.

Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 550 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): 6 ORE BODIES; CHINA STOPE, JEFFERSON DIABASE DIKE, LA DESPRECIADA, UNION AND BELSHAW. FORMED ALONG STEEP, NORTH - NORTHWEST FISSURES IN DEVONIAN MARBLE.

Comment (Workings): GREATEST VERTICAL DIMENSION OF STOPES, ABOUT 1,000 FT. DEVELOPED BY 900 FT. SHAFT, LEVELS AT 85 , 200 , 400 , 550 , 700 , AND 900 FT.; 200 FT. WINZE FROM 900 FT. LEVEL EXTENDS TO 1,000 AND 1,100 FT. LEVELS: SECOND WINZE 250 FT. DEEP GAVE ACCESS TO 1030 AND 1150 LEVEL SOUTH OF SHAFT. TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ABOUT 30 MILES.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Comment (Production): 1943 - 1945 ; GOLDEN QUEEN MIN. CO. SHIPPED 750 - 1,000 TONS OF ORE, ASSAYING 17.5 % PB AND 13.2 OZ/TON AG. TOTAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $17,000,000 . RECORDED PRODUCTION SINCE 1906 IS OVER $6,000,000 .


References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 431 - 433

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 460


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