Deposit ID | 10076617 |
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MRDS ID | W023740 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Cerro Gordo |
Alternate or previous names | Aries Consolidated, Armagh, Bluff Boushey Silver, Ignacio, Morman, New Enterprise, Omega, Pagan, Santa Maria, Summit No. 2 and Union. |
Related records | 10211830 |
Geographic coordinates: | -117.79174, 36.53968 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 2591 |
Relative position | 5 MILES NORTH OF KEELER |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | California | Inyo |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Mount Diablo | 016S | 038E | 12,13,23,24;18 | California |
Commodity | Importance |
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Lead | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Zinc | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Anglesite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Smithsonite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Tetrahedrite | Ore |
Barite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 72 |
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USGS model code | 19a |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
Mark3 model number | 47 |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble | ||
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(1) | -117.79174, 36.53968 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Faults; Both Pre - Intrusive And Post - Intrusive, Pre - Mineral And Post - Mineral. Some With Considerable Displacement. |
General form | LENTICULAR |
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Strike | N - NW |
Dip | 70 SW |
Width | 6.1M |
Length | 21.34M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Medium |
Significant | No |
District name | Cerro Gordo |
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Type of workings | Underground |
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Length | 48279M |
Overall depth | 274.32M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W023740 |
GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 460
TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 431 - 433
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | 6 ORE BODIES; CHINA STOPE, JEFFERSON DIABASE DIKE, LA DESPRECIADA, UNION AND BELSHAW. FORMED ALONG STEEP, NORTH - NORTHWEST FISSURES IN DEVONIAN MARBLE. |
Deposit | COMPRISED OF 550 ACRES. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUL-1978 | Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) | U.S. Geological Survey |