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Raymond

Past Producer in Alpine 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103149
MRDS ID M022040
Record type Site
Current site name Raymond
Alternate or previous names Meadows Creek
Related records 10163004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.80682, 38.58491 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI N OF EBBETTS PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ebbetts Pass(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 009N 020E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. W 1/2 SEC 32 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.80682, 38.58491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CONSISTS OF WHITE TO GRAY QUARTZ AND CEMENTED SILICIOUS BRECCIA, MANY, CRSTAL-LINED OPEN CAVITIES. COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANODIORITE BUT DARK GREEN DIORITE AND GNEISSIC ROCK OCCUR IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • ALTHOUGH THE MINE WAS IDLE AT THE TIME OF VISITS, 1966 & 1969, AT APPARENTLY IS INTERMTTENTLY WORKED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN ADIT, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS ON HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT. NO. 8 , P 30

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, IRREGULAR, AVE 5 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

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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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