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King Group Johnnie and Rose of the West

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031551
MRDS ID M010564
Record type Site
Current site name King Group Johnnie and Rose of the West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56206, 37.71632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2271
Relative position 10 MILES SW. OF BENTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(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 003S 031E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56206, 37.71632
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 50 W
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS ARE IN GRANITE EAST OF RHYOLITE DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 100 FT. DEEP, 300 FT. SOUTH OF SHAFT AND 100 FT. BELOW IS A CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN SW FOR 200 FT., WITH DRIFTS NORTH AND SOUTH.

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. 561

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY; CA JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 144

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 17, P. 153; REPT. 12, P. 180; ADD. REF.: CALIF. V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 561 AND P. 566; GQ-99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS, 2 - 4 FT. THICK

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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