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Bright Star Gold Star No. 5

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Bismuth
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031463
MRDS ID M010287
Record type Site
Current site name Bright Star Gold Star No. 5

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.30089, 38.01254 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunderberg Peak(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Hoover Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002N 024E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cooney Lake Area

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND OPEN PIT. CLOSED FOR WINTER BUT SCHEDULED FOR REOPENING IN APRIL 1962 - PROSPECT SHAFT BEING SUNK IN 1963-. UNION CARBIDE HAS GEOLOGICAL PARTY EXAMINING AREA & TAKING SAMPLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD V. 24, NO. 1, 1962 - P59; V. 24, NO. 5 - DM10; V. 25, NO. 2, 1963, P. 33

  • Deposit

    METAL MNG. & PROC. COT & SURVEY & DIV. 1964, P. DM-10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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