Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Inyo | county |
California | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Cerro Gordo Peak | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Saline Valley | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Death Valley | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Eureka-Saline Valleys | hydrologic unit |
Northern Mojave | hydrologic accounting unit |
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake | hydrologic subregion |
California | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 3 (SE California Clastic Assemblage) | CA | Late Devonian to Early Permian |
Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) | CA | Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic |
Permian marine sedimentary rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley and Mojave Desert) | CA | Pennsylvanian to Triassic |
Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Mojave Desert and Death Valley area) | CA | Late Proterozoic to Jurassic |
Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits | CA | Pleistocene to Holocene |
Triassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley area and Mojave Desert) | CA | Early to Middle Triassic |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
Inyo Extension | M-D | Inyo Extension 685 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of CA |
Death Valley | M/R-D | Death Valley 13487 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of CA-NV |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
GB30 | Sediment-hosted Au | Phanerozoic |
GB01 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB07 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB14 | Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Mojave | Lateral-extensional orogen | Central and Southwest |
Sample ID | Date collected | Sample type |
---|---|---|
5156959 | 1979-09-13 | Stream sediment sample from dry stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh), and dried (if necessary) at less than or equal to 110øC. |
5156960 | 1979-09-13 | Stream sediment sample from dry stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh), and dried (if necessary) at less than or equal to 110øC. |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Cerro Gordo | CAig | California, United States |
Sample ID | Rock type | Rock name |
---|---|---|
LMD176 | unidentified | |
LMD177 | sedimentary | shale |
LMD181 | ||
LMD182 | ||
LMD183 | ||
LMD184 | ||
LMD213 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LMD214 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LMD215 | ||
LME007 | ||
LME008 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LME011 | ||
LME012 | ||
LME013 | ||
LME014 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LME257 | ||
LME258 | ||
LME259 | ||
LME260 | ||
LME261 | ||
LME331 | ||
LME332 | unidentified | |
LME333 | ||
LMF306 | ||
LMF307 | ||
LMF308 | ||
LMF309 | ||
LMF310 | ||
LMF311 | metamorphic | marble |
LMF312 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LMF313 | ||
LMF314 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LMF315 | ||
LMF316 | ||
M174094 | igneous | mafic |
M174095 | igneous | mafic |
M174096 | igneous | mafic |
M174097 | igneous | mafic |
M174098 | igneous | mafic |
M174101 | igneous | mafic |
M174105 | igneous | mafic |
M197303 | sedimentary | dolomite |
W181961 | igneous | andesite |
W181962 | igneous | andesite |
W181963 | igneous | andesite |
W181964 | igneous | rhyolite |
W181965 | igneous | rhyolite |
W181966 | igneous | rhyolite |
W181967 | igneous | quartz latite |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Cerro Gordo | Past Producer | AG PB ZN AU CU |
Cerro Gordo | Past Producer | PB AG ZN CU AU |
San Lucas | Past Producer | PB CU AG AU |
Newsboy | Past Producer | PB AG AU CU |
Royal Group | Past Producer | PB ZN AG AU CU |
Cerro Gordo Mine | Occurrence | HG |
Bean-Smith | Occurrence | PB CU |
Talc | Unknown | TLC |
Holiday Nos. 1, 2, and 4 | Past Producer | TLC |
Cerro Gordo Mine | Occurrence | AG PB ZN BI |
Berry Hill | Occurrence | PB CU AG |
Santa Cruz Mine | Past Producer | AU |
San Lucas | Past Producer | PB AU AG ZN |
Ella Group | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
Cerro Gordo Mine | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
(Facility) Four Metals Smelter | Plant | PB AG |
Mcdonald | Occurrence | PB CU AG |
Belmont | Past Producer | PB CU AG |
Lookout No. 1 | Occurrence | PB AG |
Newsboy | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG |
Santa Cruz Mine | Prospect | AU |
Royal Group | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
Sample ID | Sample source | Rock name |
---|---|---|
7204 | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure | Quartz monzonite |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
D200979 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
LMD247 | stream/river | stream |
LMD251 | stream/river | stream |
LMD252 | stream/river | stream |
LMD253 | stream/river | stream |
LMD261 | stream/river | stream |
LMD262 | stream/river | stream |
LMD263 | stream/river | stream |
LMD264 | stream/river | stream |
LMD265 | stream/river | stream |
LMD977 | stream/river | stream |
LMD981 | stream/river | stream |
LMD982 | stream/river | stream |
LMD983 | stream/river | stream |
LMD984 | stream/river | stream |
LMD985 | stream/river | stream |
LME917 | stream/river | stream |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
D202012 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
LMD477 | stream/river | stream |
LMD478 | stream/river | stream |
LMD479 | stream/river | stream |
LMD480 | stream/river | stream |
LMD481 | stream/river | stream |
LMF465 | stream/river | stream |
LMF469 | stream/river | stream |
LMF470 | stream/river | stream |
LMF471 | stream/river | stream |
LMF784 | stream/river | stream |
LMF788 | stream/river | stream |
LMF789 | stream/river | stream |
LMF790 | stream/river | stream |
LMF792 | stream/river | stream |
LMF794 | stream/river | stream |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Critical minerals |
---|---|---|
Cerro Gordo mine | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | zinc |