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Pierson

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10102974
MRDS ID M020652
Record type Site
Current site name Pierson
Alternate or previous names Pierson Mining Co., Republic and Whiteside.
Related records 10188118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08009, 36.83524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bee Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S 036E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08009, 36.83524
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN-BEDDED CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • 1923 , SHIPMENT FROM REPUBLIC SHOWED SMELTER RECOVERY OF .06 OZ AU, 6.62 OZ AG AND 13 % PB. 1925 AND 1929 , ORE SHIPPED CONTAINED 14 OZ AG/TON AND 26.8 % PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 624.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. SHAFT AND ABOUT 2,000 FT. OF ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G. 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 501

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 496 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 501 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES NEAR GRANITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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