Commodities
PrimarySilver
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCerussite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1909
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10212141
MRDS IDW023802
Alternate namesBirch Creek Rare Ii Area, Mexican Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.38054, -118.18173
References
BUTNER, D. W., 1945, MEXICAN LEAD MINE INYO COUNTY,CALIFORNIA ACCESS ROAD REPORT UNPUBLISHED BUREAU OFMINES, REPORT ON FILE AT THE USBM WFOC SPOKANE WA. P.6TUCKER, W. B., 1926, TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE STATEMINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, V. 22,NO. 1, P. 497.TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCESOF INYO COUNTY: THIRTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATEMINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGYV. 34, NO. 4, P. 452, 478.NORMAN, L. A., AND STEWART, R. R., 1951, MINES AND MINERALRESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINESAND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1. P. 74-75.CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 81, P. 489.RAINS, R. L., AND IVERSON, S. R., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OFTHE BIRCH CREEK RARE II AREA (NO. 5060), INYO COUNTY,CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-83,NO. 10, P. 14.