Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formRIBBON
Ore controlShear Zone. Veins Parall To Foliations Of Sheared Granite Near Contact With Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz, Talc
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockGranite
StructureLaccolith. Possible Faulting Of Some Veins
AlterationOxidation To Depth Of 50 Ft. At That Point, Some Free Gold Was Found
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10106507
MRDS IDX023751
Alternate namesNew Discovery and Gem
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.19304, -117.17895
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. 40-41TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 413SAMPSON, R.J., 1932, MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PART OF THE PANIMENT RANGE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 28, P. 364-366GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 464-465NORMAN AND STEWART (1951), GOODWIN (1957)