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Mammoth Mine Folk, Armstrong, San Francisco, Big Bonanza and Mammoth

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031510
MRDS ID M010426
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine Folk, Armstrong, San Francisco, Big Bonanza and Mammoth
Related records 10164062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99874, 37.61271 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. SW OF MAMMOTH P.O. NW1/4 SE1/4 SEC. 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloody Mountain(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 04S 27E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99874, 37.61271
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OCCURS IN SILICEOUS, CRYSTALLINE ROCK, STRIKE GENERALLY NW, DIP 70 DEG. TO 80 DEG. NE, OVER 100' WIDE IN PLACES; FILLING IS QUARTZ AND DECOMPOSED WALL ROCK. THE BULLION PRODUCED FROM THIS MINE WHEN UNDER OPERATION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN VALUED AT $7 TO $16 PER OUNCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1878-1881

Mining district

District name Mammoth Lakes

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $200,000 IN GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TUNNELS TO SOUTHEAST ALL OVER 150' LONG, CROSSCUTS AND STOPE. WORKINGS ALL INACCESSIBLE IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 127 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 384-5; REPT. 12, P. 178 & 181

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 144, P. 274; V. 30, NO. 1, P. 85-86; V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 563-4; ADD. REF.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 385, P. 98, PL. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO EVIDENCE OF MINERAL IN SEC. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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