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Sierra Vista

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007212
MRDS ID C010568
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Vista
Related records 10236758

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56623, 37.63827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1 MI. S BENTON RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(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 031E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. MIDDLE OF SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED 2 % COMBINED PB - CU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result EARLY ASSAYS EST. 0.5 OZ. AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56623, 37.63827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W - N 45 W
    Dip 40 SW
    Thickness 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHEAR ZONES FILLED WITH BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chidago

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS, 200 - 500 FT. IN LENGTH. 2 SHAFTS FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS, SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) P. 133 . AND RINEHART & ROSS ( 1956 ), FIG. 3 , P. 15 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , 15 , PL. 1 .

  • 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. 132 - 133 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 275 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 567 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 25 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) P. 133 AND PL. 1 , LOCATE MINE IN T 3 S, R 31 E, SEC. 5 . LATER SOURCES, HOWEVER, SUCH AS GOODWIN ( 1957 ) AND ERIC ( 1948 ) PLACE MINE IN T 4 S, R 31 E, SEC. 21 . RINEHART & ROSS ( 1956 ) PUT CLAIM BACK IN T 3 S, R 31 E, SEC. 33 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS (SHEAR ZONES), 5 - 15 FT. THICK

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

Beyond USGS

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