Drumlummon Claim

Occurrence in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028000
MRDS ID M004721
Record type Site
Current site name Drumlummon Claim
Related records 10114719

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.97211, 38.73851 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES FROM JUNCTION OF LUTHER PASS & CARSON PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 0010 018E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result $9 AU/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.97211, 38.73851

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STEVENS PEAK AREA: MASS OF RED TRACHYTE CONTAINING HORNBLENDE, ORTHOCLASE AND PLAGOCLASE, LOWER HALF OF PEAK ON EAST SIDE IS GRAY GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED. CLAIM WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY PROSPECTED BUT ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED $9/TON IN GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 213

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1931 : SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV.; 27TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 490

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.