Hard Point Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140209
MRDS ID M010481
MAS/MILS ID 0060510158
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Point Mine
Alternate or previous names Laurel-Mcgee Rare Ii Area
Related records 10031523

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.90985, 37.56554 (WGS84)
Elevation 3505
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloody Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(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)

John Muir 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 004 S 028 E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.90985, 37.56554

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE LAUREL-MCGEE

  • Deposit

    RARE II AREA 9NO. 5045), MONO COUNTY, CA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES, MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 38-83, TABLE 1, NO. 10,

  • Deposit

    P. 11.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L. AND OTHERS, 1985, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS, FRESNO, INYO, MADERA, AND MONO

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUBLISHED, MLA

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT, PLATE 1, MAP NO. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1994 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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