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Mineral Chief Mining Co.

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007175
MRDS ID C010366
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Chief Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.24041, 38.41909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position AT STAR CITY SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 007N 025E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.24041, 38.41909
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN BROKEN UP NEAR SURFACE W/HEAVY CLAY SEAMS. MOVEMENT INFERED TO HAVE OCCURED ON THE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Patterson

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 320.04M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, ONE 750 FT. LONG, OTHER 300 FT. LONG AND A DOUBLE - COMPARTMENT SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF VEINS OR FISSURE SYSTEM
Deposit 4 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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