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Crooked Creek Placers

Prospect in Mono 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. 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 10212314
MAS/MILS ID 0060510045
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Sage No. 1 and 2, Lava Cap Nos. 1 and 2, White Mountains Rare Ii Area, Jay Jay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.07403, 37.47554 (WGS84)
Elevation 2780
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

Crooked Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 005 S 036 E 31 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13. POINT OF REFERENCE IS CENTER OF CLAIM NO.1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.07403, 37.47554
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Beauregard, Gladys
    Home office Box 1252 Bishop, Ca 93514
    Year 1980
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Potaro Mining Co. And White Mtn. Gold Co. (Partnership)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, 1940, P. 122.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NO. 127, P. 54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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