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Comanche and Kerric

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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076903
MRDS ID W024215
Record type Site
Current site name Comanche and Kerric
Alternate or previous names Comanche
Related records 10164629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46623, 37.77854 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF BENTON

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;002S 032E;031E 07,18,19;13,24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS A COMPLEX ASSOCIATION OF ANTIMONAL COPPER, LEAD AND SILVER, SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Freibergite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. 10 - 30 OZ AG - LOW AU VALUES.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46623, 37.77854
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults Which Strike E. And W.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 - 20 W
    Dip 40 - 45 E
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blind Spring Hill

Comments on the production information

  • HIGHGRADE ORE, PRODUCED $30,000 .

Comments on the workings information

  • 1800 INCLINED SHAFT, A 4300 FT. TUNNEL, 1800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 1800 FT. OF RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 141 - 143 .

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , P. 557 .

  • Production

    SAMPSON, R.J. & TUCKER, W.B., 1940 , P. 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES WITH GENERAL TREND TOWARD SOUTH, VARY IN LENGTH 20 - 100 FT. OCCUR IN VEINS. THESE LENSES VARY IN THICKNESS FROM 3 INCHES TO 2 FT., REMAING VEIN MATERIAL IS A SILICIFIED PORPHYRY.
Deposit 1120 ACRES

Reporter information

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

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