Cleveland Mine (Cleveland claim; Cleveland Extension claim; Cleveland Fraction claim; United claim; United No. 4 claim; United No. 5 claim; Gold Bug claim), Fish Springs, Fish Springs Mining District (Tinemaha Mining district), Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 4' 57'' North , 118° 17' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Big Pine | 1,756 (2014) | 9.2km |
| Wilkerson | 563 (2011) | 23.7km |
| Independence | 669 (2011) | 32.0km |
| Bishop | 3,806 (2017) | 32.7km |
| West Bishop | 2,607 (2011) | 34.4km |
A former Au mine located in sec. 17, T10S, R35E, MDM, 3.0 km (1.9 miles) WNW of Fish Springs (town), on the S slope of Fish Springs Hill (3.5 miles N of Red Mountain), on Bureau of Land Management wilderness land (Crater Mountain Wilderness Study Area). Property consisted of 7 claims. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters.
Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in granite. The ore body strikes NNE and dips 15-30NW at a thickness of 0.3 meters. The deposit consists of a series of narrow, roughly parallel veins, 6 to 12 inches thick. Local rocks include Quaternary volcanic flow rocks, unit 6 (Sierra Nevada).
Workings include underground openings comprised of about 50 tunnels varying up to 800 feet in length. Work was done on 10 to 12 veins. The principal vein, the Cleveland, has an 800 foot adit. About 600 feet from the portal, the adit intersects an incline from surface. The total length of the incline on dip was 560 feet with a 100 foot drift on the bottom.
Production data are found in: Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1938).
No specific production record was found.
Ore, as sorted and shipped, was said to contain 3 to 11 ounces Au/ton.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10106506 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060270131
