Newsboy

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10076638
MRDS ID	W023773
Record type	Site
Current site name	Newsboy
Related records	10304655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.78591, 36.53107 (WGS84)
Elevation	2682
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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	19		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Silver	Primary
Gold	Secondary
Copper	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bindheimite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.78591, 36.53107	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Production years	1913

Comments on the production information

ORE SHIPPED IN 1913 SHOWED SMELTER RECOVERY OF 17.1 % PB, 3.12 % CU, 74.5 OZ AG, AND 0.5 OZ AU PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

WORKED BY ADIT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W023773

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 495
Deposit

NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 181 .
Production

GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 495 (SEE REF.)

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1978	Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)	U.S. Geological Survey