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Blizzard Extension

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007222
MRDS ID C010665
Record type Site
Current site name Blizzard Extension
Related records 10261697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16232, 37.47188 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231
Relative position 3 MI. S OF GOLDEN SIREN MINE ON N FLANK OF MT. BLANCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanco Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 005S 035E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAID TO AVG. $13/TON AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16232, 37.47188
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip S
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7.92M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, 60 FT. INCLINE, DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM MT. BLANCO TOPO. SHEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 3 IN. - 6 IN. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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

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