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Custer

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102971
MRDS ID M020628
Record type Site
Current site name Custer
Related records 10236052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58257, 36.26691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF DARWIN
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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 019S 040E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58257, 36.26691
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Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1919 - 1920 , 1940 - 1941

Mining district

District name Darwin

Comments on the production information

  • 50 TONS SHIPPED IN 1940 - 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED ON 5 LEVELS FROM 335 FT. INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M020628

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 465

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1928 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 22ND REPT STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 482 - 483 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 465 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN IRREGULAR BODY OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE

Reporter information

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