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Serita Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101173
MRDS ID C010418
Record type Site
Current site name Serita Mine
Related records 10164076

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.12736, 38.35964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2585
Relative position 2 MI. W DOME HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 006N 026E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE STATED TO CARRY FREE AU FROM $3 - $40/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY CONTAINS SOME BRECCIA OR GOUGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Masonic

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 TON CYANIDE PLANT, 220 FT. SHAFT, 2 CROSSCUTS ON 100 FT. LEVEL, ONE DRIVE NORTH 100 FT., THE OTHER SOUTH 85 FT. SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 388 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 132 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S. AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 162 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 - 10 FT. THICK
Deposit REOPENED IN 1929

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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