USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Inyo County
High Chicago
Unconfirmed Silver Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Inyo
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn mine located in sec. 33, T23N, R7E, SBM, 7.3 km (4.6 miles) WNW of Twelvemile Spring (Chicago Valley), and 9.3 km (5.8 miles) NNE of Shoshone, on Bureau of Land Management administered land (located claim). Owned by Fred and Karen …
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Fred And Karen Johnson/Gary And Patty Mohn · Source-reported owner · 1985
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 78920
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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