Tecopa UNTOUCHED SILVER MINES, Nopah Range, Inyo, Calif, SCARCE report BIG maps

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Scarce first edition pinpoints untapped
silver near Shoshone & Tecopa, CA
Deposits are in the Kingston Range near Nevada border
and Death Valley; has big separate map in rear pocket
High-tech methods used; other mines are also described
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his hard-to-find first-edition report pinpoints UNTOUCHED silver deposits in California's Mojave Desert, near the tiny towns of Shoshone and Tecopa, near the California-Nevada border.
These untapped deposits in the Nopah Range are plainly described in the text and even more plainly marked on the maps.
Small detail of color map from report shows areas in red that have best probability of silver (Ag) deposits.
Mines are also discussed at length in the text. Landmarks and mine names are intentionally blurred in scans to protect location of deposits. Landmarks and mine names
are not
blurred on real map.
Yes, the area is a bit remote, but where did you expect to find undiscovered silver in California? Under a grassy strip next to the Pacoima Costco?
Don't have four-wheel-drive? Not to worry. Much of the area in this report is within striking distance of graded dirt roads, some of which are on the backside of the Auto Club's San Bernardino County road map, in the Las Vegas area map.
According to this obscure report, there is a "moderate potential for silver, lead and zinc" in the area covered by this report. The authors — a group of government geologists — exactly pinpoint the area most likely to
contain these deposits.
Only on ebay twice
I have been buying and selling mining items on ebay for 15 years, and I have only seen two others of these for sale in that time on ebay. (I should know; I listed them.) But this the first one I have found in two years, so don't expect to see another anytime soon. This 17-page report and big separate map are considered primary source material; much of this info is available
nowhere else
. And the report itself is in beautiful, near-fine condition, one of the best copies that I have seen. So buy it now or forever hold your peace. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Area is rich in silver
The Tecopa mining district, located immediately south of the study area, produced more than million in ore before 1928, and by 1950 had a probable total production of million in silver and lead, making it the second most important district in the whole State of California!
Silver-lead ores had been mined in this southern part of Inyo County by Mormon settlers before 1859, so the total output is probably substantially more. No records of production exist from that period. "Since then, mines in Inyo County have been the principal source of lead in California and have also produced considerable amounts of silver and zinc." Those mines, of course, include the Santa Rosa, Darwin Mines, Cerro Gordo, the War Eagle, Modoc, Minietta, Lucky Jim, Christmas Gift, to name just a few.
Researchers find gold and silver
Meanwhile back at the study area in the Nopah Range, researchers collected 64 samples from the Soupy Sales mine. Average value was about one ounce per ton of silver, with about 800 tons of ore readily available for mining and processing.
This prospect lies just outside the boundaries of the study area. Red lines denote boundaries of area expected to hold valuable minerals. "X"s mark mines or workings. Note that red area is on top of a topo map so that you can line up the boundaries accurately.
Assays at another nearby deposit, the Gassy Weasel prospect, were much better: "A
grab sample collected from a one-ton stockpile of galena-bearing gossan material contained 31 percent lead and 19.75 ounces per ton of silver."
Now, that's rich ore! Other chip samples contained lesser amounts of silver, but you only need one big pocket of silver, right? Who cares whether there's also silver 100 yards away.
Silver was also found in a clay bed at the Gassy Weasel: "Because high concentrations of lead and silver in a clay bed are unusual, it deserves further study." Shoveling clay sure beats banging on rocks with hammers. Sounds like that would be one easy deposit to exploit. Just shovel it into the back of your truck.
Just tip of the iceberg
More interestingly though, the authors believe that these two mines are just the tip of the iceberg. They think that the whole area surrounding these two deposits has a "moderate potential for silver-lead-zinc resources."
Wouldn't a high potential be better? Well, of course it would. But don't forget, they're talking about economic viability here. Even a low-potential area could have a high rate of return for one or two people. Their idea of a high-potential area is a big operation the size of Darwin Mines or Cerro Gordo, something that would employ tens of workers and require on-site processing and living facilities.
(The Gassy Weasel mine and the Soupy Sales mine are fictitious mine names. I changed the names to protect the identities and locations of the real mines. You'll have to buy the report to find out the real names and locations.)
Mine locations described in text and on the maps
Yes, the authors show you exactly where these mines and others are. These sites are not just for the prospector or miner. They're just the thing for history buffs, bottle collectors, photographers, geologists, hikers, mine explorers, offroaders, rockhounds, metal detector enthusiasts — just about anyone interested in exploring or learning about old mine sites in this historic area, amid some of the high desert's most spectacular scenery. (See the "where is it" section and the map at the end of this ad for a more exact location of the study area.)
High-tech prospecting methods used
And the authors of this report didn't just probe the Nopah Range study area area with a pick, shovel and a gold pan. They also used some of the most cutting-edge high-tech methods for locating mineral deposits, including atomic-absorption spectrometry, semiquantitative emission spectography and wet-chemical analysis.
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Not to worry, though. The report isn't indecipherable geo-babble. The easy-to-use maps show areas where gold is likely to occur. However, because this is a book about mining
and
geology, it does contain technical details about geology.
To see just how much real estate this report covers, see the last scan in this ad. Interestingly, roads in this area are plainly marked on the Auto Club of Southern California San Bernardino County road map, so that road map can be used to correlate exact mileages to mines and other geologic features on the maps from this book.
Where is it?
The Nopah range Wilderness Study Area in in Inyo County, east of Death Valley National Park and the tiny towns of Shoshone and Tecopa, home of the famous hot springs of the same name. The area is west of Pahrump Valley and Nevada routes 16 and 160 and just east of the Resting Springs Range and the Chicago Valley. It's also just north of the San Bernardino County line and just west of the California-Nevada border. Nearest population center of any size would be Pahrump, NV. Baker, CA, is to the south but smaller and much farther away.
The Nopah Range is almost entirely unpopulated Mojave Desert wilderness, truly in the middle of nowhere. But as I said, many of the roads in the area are drivable with just highish clearance; you don't usually need four-wheel-drive.
Inyo County is in mideastern California, bounded on the north by Mono County, on the west by Fresno and Tulare counties. Kern and San Bernardino counties are to the south, and the state of Nevada is to the east.
The report:
Mineral Resources of the Nopah Range Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California
, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1709-C, first edition, 1987, by Augustus K. Armstrong, Cole L. Smith and George L. Kennedy (USGS) and Charles Sabine and Ronald T. Mayerle (U.S. Bureau of Mines); published by Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 17 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, with one big separate map in the report's rear pocket. Stapled binding, stiff paper covers; report is in near-new excellent condition.
As always, I am
extremely
conservative about rating book condition and very detailed in listing any potential flaw, no matter how slight. You get what you pay for. If you want a trashed book — filled with scribbled notes, dog-eared pages and underlined passages that the seller just "somehow forgot" to tell you about in his ad — then look elsewhere on ebay.
Detail of map from book shows location of Nopah Range Wilderness Study Area in relation to Shoshone, Tecopa and Pahrump, NV. Landmarks here can be easily correlated to Auto Club San Bernardino County map
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Counties near to Inyo include: Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne and Alpine.
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