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Southern Cons.

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  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 10007197
MRDS ID C010450
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Cons.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00986, 38.2027 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position SE BODIE ON SILVER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodie(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 027E 16,17,20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00986, 38.2027
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bodie

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUES FOR NOONDAY & RED CLOUD VEINS AND TOTAL PRODUCTION, RESPECTIVELY. FOR OTHER VALUES, SEE P. 158 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMED THAT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AGGREGATE ABOUT 5 MILES.

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. 136 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 158 .

  • Production

    EAKLE & MCLAUGHLIN ( 1917 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS, STEEPLY DIPPING.
Deposit INCLUDES NOONDAY, RED CLOUD, ADDENA, ORO AND DEFIANCE CLAIMS. IN ALL 12 CLAIMS, 9 OF WHICH ARE PATENTED. ; 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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