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Alpine Happy Thought

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103141
MRDS ID M022013
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Happy Thought
Related records 10138243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.72377, 38.66491 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI NE OF JUNCTION OF HWY Y AND HWY 89

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heenan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 020E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 NEAR SEC 31 LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.72377, 38.66491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J. R., ED, 1966 , GUIDEBOOK ALONG THE EAST-CENTRAL FRONT OF THE SIERRA NEVADA: GEOL. SOCIETY OF SACRAMENTO, ANN. FIELD TRIP, JUNE, 1966 , MAP FOLLOWING P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) 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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