Chilula, Gavilan, Montano and San Antino

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10036055
MRDS ID	M024071
Record type	Site
Current site name	Chilula, Gavilan, Montano and San Antino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.79119, 36.57829 (WGS84)
Elevation	1981
Relative position	2.8 MI N CERRO GORDO PK
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	016S	038E	01		California

Comments on the location information

UTM N 1/2 N 1/2 LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Secondary
Lead	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Gold	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.79119, 36.57829	ListMap

Ore body information

General form BUNCHY

General form	BUNCHY

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

ON EAST END OF CHILULA CLAIM, ADIT RAN 400 FT. IN GRANITE FOLLOWING RICH ORE SHOOT. GAVILAN VEIN BLASTED FROM SIDE OF CANYON AND WORKED TO DEPTH OF 200 FT. MONTANO VEIN WORKED TO 50 FT. DEPTH. GROUP OF MINES TO N. OF CANYON WORKED BY INCLINES W/ CONSIDERABLE STOPING

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M024071

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 12, P. 137

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINES POSSIBLY INCORPORATED INTO LATER DEVELOPMENT UNDER DIFFERENT NAME(S) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit	SEVERAL VEINS. ON CHILULA CLAIM, SILVER-BEARING ORE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE ON WEST END. ON EAST SIDE, GOLD-BEARING VEIN IN GRANITE; AS IT PASSES BACK INTO LIMESTONE, MOST OF GOLD CONTENT DISSAPPEARED WITH ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA TAKING ITS PLACE. VEIN ON GAVILAN CLAIM EXPOSED VERTICALLY FOR 100 FT.; AVG. 5 FT. IN THICKNESS, TREND E-W, ENCLOSED IN GRANITE. ON S. SIDE OF CANYON. MONTANO NEARBY DESCRIBED AS A BUNCHY VEIN. NORTH OF CANYON, WORKINGS REVEALED A VEIN UP TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS DIP N. IT LIES ABOVE, AND IS QUITE SIMILAR TO, THE BRONCO VEIN. THE GARFIELD VEIN DESCRIBED AS SMALL VEIN GENTLY DIPPING W. QUARTZ BUNCHY AND POCKETY IN CHARACTER.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

MINES POSSIBLY INCORPORATED INTO LATER DEVELOPMENT UNDER DIFFERENT NAME(S) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Deposit

SEVERAL VEINS. ON CHILULA CLAIM, SILVER-BEARING ORE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE ON WEST END. ON EAST SIDE, GOLD-BEARING VEIN IN GRANITE; AS IT PASSES BACK INTO LIMESTONE, MOST OF GOLD CONTENT DISSAPPEARED WITH ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA TAKING ITS PLACE. VEIN ON GAVILAN CLAIM EXPOSED VERTICALLY FOR 100 FT.; AVG. 5 FT. IN THICKNESS, TREND E-W, ENCLOSED IN GRANITE. ON S. SIDE OF CANYON. MONTANO NEARBY DESCRIBED AS A BUNCHY VEIN. NORTH OF CANYON, WORKINGS REVEALED A VEIN UP TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS DIP N. IT LIES ABOVE, AND IS QUITE SIMILAR TO, THE BRONCO VEIN. THE GARFIELD VEIN DESCRIBED AS SMALL VEIN GENTLY DIPPING W. QUARTZ BUNCHY AND POCKETY IN CHARACTER.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-1980	Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.)	U.S. Geological Survey