Granite Contact

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036078
MRDS ID M024106
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Contact
Alternate or previous names Gold Bird-Contact

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.14589, 36.42136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 1 MI S 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 30,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.14589, 36.42136

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1941.

Comments on the workings information

  • 80-FT. SHAFT, 25-FT. DRIFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M024106

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. 152

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 476

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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