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Golden Siren

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101188
MRDS ID C010663
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Siren

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18454, 37.50188 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position IN WHITE MTNS. AT HEAD OF NORTH FORK OF CROOKED CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Barcroft(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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)

White Mountains 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 035E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN SAID TO AVG. $14 - $18 AU/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18454, 37.50188
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, MAIN ONE INTERSECTS VEIN AT 45 FT. DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM WHITE MT. TOPO. SHEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 5 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

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Authoritative California resources

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