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Cerro Gordo Mines
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⚒️ Mines & quarries

Cerro Gordo Mines

Ghost town · United States

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
1865
Population
1
Coordinates
36.538, -117.795
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Why it was abandoned

⚒️ Mines & quarries

Detected automatically from the text: abandoned mines located in the Inyo Mountains, California

History

The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations were conducted from 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver, lead, and zinc ore; and, more rarely, gold and copper.

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