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Treasure Hill Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036077
MRDS ID M024104
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Mine
Related records 10188085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.14422, 36.43136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position JUST S. OF SKIDOO
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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 017S 045E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NW 1/4 LAND UNSURVEYED, LOC PROJECTED. HIGHLY UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.14422, 36.43136
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Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wildrose

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE REPORTEDLY CARRIED $7.35/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND TUNNELS TOTALING 488 FT. 152-FT. TUNNEL INTERSECTS 65-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M024104

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 163

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 423

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 PARALLEL VEINS, THICKNESSES FROM 1-4 FT.
Deposit 12 CLAIMS. POSSIBLY PART OF SKIDOO MINE HOLDINGS ; 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