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Mahle

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031536
MRDS ID M010522
Record type Site
Current site name Mahle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50095, 37.77299 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton Hot Springs(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 031E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50095, 37.77299
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blind Springs Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Material ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^29.35 % Pb, .90 % Cu, 61 Oz. Ag And .25 Oz. Au/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 7g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 29wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 563

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, A.L., 1940 , GEOLOGY AND ORES OF BLIND SPRINGS HILL DISTRICT, MONO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 175 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., P. 563 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAND PICKED ORE SHOWS THE RELATIVE INCREASE IN CU-PB-AU CONTENT AND DECREASE IN AG WITH DEPTH. NO CONFIRMATION ON LOCATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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