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Globe

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103145
MRDS ID M022028
Record type Site
Current site name Globe
Alternate or previous names Hercules, Laura Karner
Related records 10211538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.71793, 38.66185 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI W OF HEENAN LAKE

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;009N 021E;021E 31;06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 31 , N 1/2 06 NEAR MONITOR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.71793, 38.66185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCATED IN SAME ZONE AS LINCOLN MINE. 200 - 300 FT THICK SILICIFICATION AND ALTERATION ZONE W MINERALIZATION VEIN OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA, 5 FT OR MORE THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monitor - Mogul

Comments on the production information

  • 33000 POCKET OF AU & AG WAS WORKED IN 1862 . THE MINE MAY HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED IN THE 1930S.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1000 FT SSE TRENDING ADIT W CROSS CUTS CAVED 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT. NO. 8 , P. 20 , 45

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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