St. Elmo Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10036057
MRDS ID	M024074
Record type	Site
Current site name	St. Elmo Mine
Related records	10114815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.78619, 36.57857 (WGS84)
Elevation	1951
Relative position	2.9 MI N CERRO GORDO PEAK
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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	039E	06		California

Comments on the location information

UTM EST. NW 1/4 LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.78619, 36.57857	ListMap

Ore body information

Dip 40N

Thickness 1.22M

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

2 INCLINES, 150 FT APART, 35 AND 50 FT. DEEP. CONNECTED BY DRIFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M024074

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 13, P. 183

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VEIN, 4 FT. IN THICKNESS
Deposit	MINE POSSIBLY INCORPORATED INTO LATER DEVELOPMENT UNDER DIFFERENT NAME(S) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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