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Benton

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031559
MRDS ID M010593
Record type Site
Current site name Benton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48845, 37.77771 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 032E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.48845, 37.77771
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blind Springs Hill

Comments on the production information

  • TAILINGS FROM BENTON POND AVG. 1.67 % PB, 1.04 % CU, 6.84 OZ. AG AND SOME AU. NO TOTAL PRODUCTION FIGURES NOTED.

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. 555

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. 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

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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