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Rattlesnake

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007179
MRDS ID C010394
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.1518, 38.08742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 1.5 MI. E RADIO RELAY STA. ON CONWAY SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lundy(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 026E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS FREE-MILLING AND MEDIUM-HIGH GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.1518, 38.08742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAM, IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 25 W
    Thickness 0.33M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, STOPE TO DEPTH OF 133 FT. 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT CUTTING VEIN AT DEPTH OF 155 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1934 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 30 , NO. 4 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 182 - 183 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS SITUATED IN THE MONO DIGGINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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