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California · Inyo County

Stray Dog

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

Also known as

  • Black Canyon Rare Ii Area

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Ag-W mine located in sec. 9, T7S, R34E, MDM, 3.7 km (2.3 miles) WSW of Black Canyon Spring, on National Forest wilderness land (Black Canyon Roadless Area Review & Evaluation (RARE II) Area). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is …

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 13 adit symbols
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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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (13)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 79480

Supports:

  • locality identity

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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