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Parrett

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007160
MRDS ID C010324
Record type Site
Current site name Parrett
Related records 10188819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25764, 38.01964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position N SLOPE MT. SCOWDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunderberg Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Hoover Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 025E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. CENTER SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25764, 38.01964
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W, N 70 W
    Dip 52 W, 20 SW
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homer

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MILLED FROM BONANZA WORKINGS SAID TO AVG. $100 AU/TON SMALL REPORTED PRODUCTION 1896 AND 1922 - 23 . NO OFFICIAL PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE BONANZA AND DON ALVADORE NO. 2 CLAIMS. ON THE BONANZA VEIN, AT AN ELEVATION OF 10,000 FT, A TUNNEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN S. 70 DEGREES E. 100 FT. ON QUARTZ VEIN IN SLATE. VEIN WIDTH IS 12 IN. TO 18 IN. AT 25 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, VEIN WAS STOPED FOR A LENGTH OF 70 FT., 20 FT. ABOVE TUNNEL LEVEL; ALSO UNDERHAND STOPE 20 FT. BELOW LEVEL. AT 25 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, THERE IS A WINZE 40 FT. DEEP, AT THE BOTTOM OF WHICH THERE IS A DRIFT WEST 25 FT. AND EAST 15 FT. THE PRESENT DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ON DON ALVADORE NO. 2 CLAIM LOCATED 1500 FT. SOUTH OF THE CAMP AND ON RIDGE SOUTH OF MILL CREEK. AT AN ELEVATION OF 9000 FT. A TUNNEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN SOUTH 15 DEGREES EAST, 450 FT. ON A QUARTZ VEIN IN SLATE. THE VEIN HAS A WIDTH OF 2 FT. AND DIPS 52 DEGREES WEST. THE VEIN QUARTZ IS MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE, GALENA AND PYRRHOTITE. AT 90 FT. FROM THE PORTAL IS A SMALL STOPE 12 FT. ABOVE LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 182 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 172 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 130 - 131 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 565 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLDINGS COMPRISE 14 CLAIMS, INCLUDING BONANZA AND DON ALVADORE NO. 2 .
Deposit 2 VEIN SYS., 8 IN - 7 FT THICK. WEST OF THE CLAIMS IN OUTCROP OF ANDESITE PORPHYRY, NIOMI VEIN STRIKES N 30 W, DIPS 46 W, WIDTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET AND CARRIES VALUES IN GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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