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Lisbon

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007192
MRDS ID C010434
Record type Site
Current site name Lisbon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.94929, 37.6866 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position 3 MI. S LOOKOUT MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Mammoth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 027E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 NW 1/4 AND N 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS FREE MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mammoth Lakes

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED FROM 1878 TO 1884 . NO ACTUAL PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, 100 FT. APART, 5 - STAMP MILL BELOW NO. 3 TUNNEL. WORKINGS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 126 , PL. 1

  • Production

    TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 6 FT. THICK
Deposit 8 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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