Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryLead
TertiaryArsenic, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10036044
MRDS IDM024055
Alternate namesMerry Christmas, Snows Canyon
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.21386, -117.46034
References
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. 50-51TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 418-420TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 471GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 508GOODWIN (1957) TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)