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Tioga

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034117
MRDS ID M020820
Record type Site
Current site name Tioga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25847, 37.93576 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Relative position HEADWATERS OF LEEVINING CREEK, 12 MILES WEST OF MONO LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tioga Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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

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 001N;001N 025E;024E 19;24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25847, 37.93576
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEP SW
    Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS HIGHLY TILTED AND FOLDED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT DRIVEN S 30 W FOR 1800 FT. IN 1934

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. 568

  • 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. 139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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