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	ListMap

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