Montecito Mine

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031475
MRDS ID M010316
Record type Site
Current site name Montecito Mine
Related records 10261805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.18569, 38.0477 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI. NE OF LUNDY; JOINS THE GOLETA MINE ON THE SOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lundy(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

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 025E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.18569, 38.0477

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN; CHARACTER OF ORE SAME AS THE GOLETA MINE, THIS SECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jordan

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, 38 AND 80' LONG, 40' SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 12, P. 181

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 144, P. 274

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. 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.