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Spark Plug Nos 1-2

Prospect in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164295
MAS/MILS ID 0060510427
Record type Site
Current site name Spark Plug Nos 1-2
Alternate or previous names Milner Creek, Colton Mine, White Mountains Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.32014, 37.59774 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
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

Chalfant Valley(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)

White Mountains 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 033 E 15 SWNESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE COMMODITY IS SERICITE, NOT TALC

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.32014, 37.59774
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Robert Wilson
    Year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gary Dalton
    Year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rick Romadette
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 94-83, 1983, TABLE 4,

  • Deposit

    NO. 61, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, NO. 2, P. 343.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 176, P. 455.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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