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Monte Carlo

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076636
MRDS ID W023768
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Carlo
Alternate or previous names Big Wedge, Mt Whitney-Union
Related records 10163791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03648, 36.71357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF OWENYO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens 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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014S 036E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03648, 36.71357
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 60 W
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1936 - 1939

Mining district

District name Cerro Gordo

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDED PRODUCTION OF OVER 100,000 OZ AG PRIOR TO 1902. 1902 - 1905 PRODUCTION FROM THE UNION. 1936 - 1939 , MONTE CARLO PRODUCED A MODERATE TONNAGE OF SILVER-LEAD-GOLD-COPPER ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 ADITS; ADITS VARY FROM 400 FT. TO 700 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 492

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 457

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 492 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNION VEIN; MASSIVE QUARTZ CUTS ACROSS THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOUS SLATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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