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California · Inyo County

Argus Sterling

Unconfirmed Lead Underground 2 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
California
County
Inyo
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Lead
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Pb-Cu-Ag-Au mine located in sec. 35, T20S, R41E, MDM, 4.2 km (2.6 miles) N of Maturango Peak (coordinates of record), on military reservation land (China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 …

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • 3 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Revenue Canyon , 1982
  • Adit : Maturango Peak , 1951
  • Adit : Revenue Canyon , 1982
  • Shaft : Maturango Peak , 1951
  • Adit : Revenue Canyon , 1982
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Galena
  • Lead
  • Galena
  • Hemimorphite
  • Limonite
  • Quartz

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 shaft symbols (2)
  • mapped adit symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 78465

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (4)

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

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