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Gold Wedge

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101182
MRDS ID C010553
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Wedge
Related records 10164405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54484, 37.69188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.5 MI. N KINGS MILL SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 031E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.54484, 37.69188
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E, E
    Dip 50 SE, N
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOME BRECCIATION IN MICACEOUS HORNFELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED THAT 84 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FROM WORKINGS CARRIED 50 OZ. IN AG AND $8 AU/TON. OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1935 AND 1941 WHERE AG AND AU RECOV., BY INDIRECT METHODS.A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1929 HAD A SMELTER RECOVERY OF 34.3% PB AND 92 OZ/TON AG.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH 175 FT. ON N 20 E VEIN. DRIFT DRIVEN 40 FT. EAST ON IT. 300 FT. BELOW THESE WORKINGS, A CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN SOUTH FOR 900 FT. SHAFT 135 FT. DEEP W/100 FT. DRIFT TO SW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 124 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: 23RD REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 380 - 381 .

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , 16 - FIG. 4 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 559 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 ); TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEIN SYSTEMS, 2 - 4 FT. THICK
Deposit COMPRISES 14 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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