Latitude: 36°18'26"N
Longitude: 117°30'25"W
A former Zn-Pb-Ag-U-Cu-Mo mine located in sec. 2, T19S, R41E, MDM, 8.7 km (5.4 miles) ENE of Darwin.
Mineralization is a replacement deposit of skarn replacements in limestone (marblized).
Local structures include the Zinc Hill Fault, which bounds the horst of Mississippian limestone on the west and has a stratigraphic throw of 27,000 feet.
Production data are found in: Hall and Mackevett (1958): 45.
References
Norman, L.A. & Richard M. Stewart (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Inyo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(1): 64.
Hall, Wayne Everett & E.M. Mackevett (1958), Economic geology of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California: Calif Division of Mines Special Report 51, 77 pp.: 16, 41, 44-49.
Hall, Wayne Everett & Edward M. Mackevett (1963), Geology and ore deposits of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California: USGS PP 368: 59, 64, 74.
Crowley, J.A. (1975), The minerals of the Zinc Hill mine, Inyo County, California: Mineralogical Record: 6: 110-113.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 83 (map 3-2), 84, 89, 225, 228, 229, 297, 300, 321, 323, 513.
Mineralogical Record (1984): 15: 13.
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