California · Inyo County
Past Producer

Ratcliff Mine

Inyo County, California, United States
GoldLeadIronCopperTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryLead
TertiaryIron, Copper, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss,Granite
StructurePanamint Metamorphic Complex
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10106505
MRDS IDX023716
Alternate namesRadcliff Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.0247, -117.12867
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.47-48, 160SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANIMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 373-376GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 503NORMAN AND STEWART (1951) SAMPSON (1932), GOODWIN (1957)