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 |
Devonian marine rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley) | CA | Middle to Late Devonian |
Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) | CA | Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic |
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 |
---|---|---|
5156920 | 1979-09-12 | Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh). |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Cerro Gordo | CAig | California, United States |
Sample ID | Rock type | Rock name |
---|---|---|
EML783 | sedimentary | shale |
EML784 | ||
EML785 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
EML786 | ||
EML787 | ||
EML788 | ||
EML789 | ||
EML790 | ||
LME011 | ||
LME012 | ||
LME013 | ||
LME014 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LME257 | ||
LME258 | ||
LME259 | ||
LME260 | ||
LME261 | ||
LME343 | ||
LME344 | ||
LME345 | ||
LME346 | unidentified | |
LME347 | sedimentary | shale |
LME348 | sedimentary | shale |
LME349 | ||
LME350 | ||
LMF306 | ||
LMF307 | ||
LMF308 | ||
LMF309 | ||
LMF310 | ||
LMF311 | metamorphic | marble |
LMF312 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LMF313 | ||
LMF314 | sedimentary | limestone/dolomite |
LMF315 | ||
LMF316 | ||
M174100 | igneous | mafic |
M174102 | igneous | mafic |
M197303 | sedimentary | dolomite |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Cerro Gordo | Past Producer | AG PB ZN AU CU |
Cerro Gordo | Past Producer | PB AG ZN CU AU |
Ella Group | Past Producer | PB AG ZN CU AU |
San Lucas | Past Producer | PB CU AG AU |
Royal Group | Past Producer | PB ZN AG AU CU |
Cerro Gordo Mine | Occurrence | HG |
Ventura Mine | Past Producer | PB AG CU |
Sunset | Producer | PB AG CU |
Talc | Unknown | TLC |
Mayflower Group | Past Producer | PB AG CU |
Cerro Gordo Mine | Occurrence | AG PB ZN BI |
Holiday Nos. 1, 2, and 4 | Past Producer | TLC |
San Lucas | Past Producer | PB AU AG ZN |
Cerro Gordo Mine | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
Royal Group | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
Mayflower Group | Past Producer | PB CU AG |
Farrington | Occurrence | PB CU AG |
Ella Group | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
LMD981 | stream/river | stream |
LMD982 | stream/river | stream |
LMD983 | stream/river | stream |
LMD984 | stream/river | stream |
LMD985 | 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 |