Metal Mountain Mine, Metal Mountain, Live Oak Springs area, In-Ko-Pah Mts (In-Ko-Pah Range), San Diego Co., California, USA

Latitude: 32°47'6"N
Longitude: 116°22'12"W

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A former W-Au-Pb-Zn-Ag mine located in the S½ sec. 9 and in the NW¼ sec. 16, T16S, R6E, SBM, 7 to 7½ miles NNW of Live Oak Springs, SW portion of the In-Ko-Pah Mountains.

Mineralization is hosted in schist.

References

Weber, F.H., Jr. (1963a) Mines and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 3, 309 pp.: 272, 274.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 85, 105, 234, 337, 339, 399.

Mineral List

Cerussite
var: Argentiferous Cerussite
'Chlorite Group'
Ferberite

Galena
Gold
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Quartz
Scheelite
Sphalerite

Tremolite
Tungstite

11 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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