Benton Hot Springs

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Geothermal
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 10212588
MAS/MILS ID 0060510164
Record type Site
Current site name Benton Hot Springs
Alternate or previous names Benton Hot Spring

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.53095, 37.79993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1715
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

Benton Hot Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 S 031 E 02 SWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.53095, 37.79993

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Producer
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 726, 1975, P. 30.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.