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Numerous Deposits Mt. Baldwin

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092371
MRDS ID M010483
Record type Site
Current site name Numerous Deposits Mt. Baldwin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -118.8646, 37.52909 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Convict Lake(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)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 005S 028E 02,11,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -118.8646, 37.52909
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS DEPOSITS OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, COLORLESS CALCITE ARE SITUATED IN THE CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OF THE UPPER CONVICT BASIN. THE BODIES OF CLEAR CALCITE ARE USUALLY LENSES, OR HUGE DRUSES, SEVERAL TENS OF FEET IN GREATEST DIMENSION; MINERALS ARE CALCITE IN HUGE CRYSTALS AND EUHEDRAL QUARTZ. IN 1932 A PRISM WAS CUT FROM A PIECE OF THE CALCITE AND IT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN OF FIRST-CLASS OPTICAL QUALITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 30, NO. 1, P. 84-85 AND PL. 2

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 43, NO. 3, P. 255-6

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 156, P. 173; ADD. REF.: US GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 385, P. 101, PL.1; DOM BULL. 191; USBM MIN YB V. 3, 1964, P. 200

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit U.S. CALCITE IS SHIPPED TO BAUSCH & LOMB IN 1964. B & L ACQUIRED PROPERTY LATE IN 1964; WORKED IN 1965.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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