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Contact No. 2

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261332
MAS/MILS ID 0060510474
Record type Site
Current site name Contact No. 2
Alternate or previous names Benton Range Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.56425, 37.70684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2553
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

Banner Ridge(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 031 E 09 C California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.56425, 37.70684
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R.L., AND OTHERS, 1980, MONERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    BENTON RANGE RARE II AREA (NO. 5056), MONO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE WESTERN

  • Deposit

    FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, SPOKANE, WA., TABLE 3, P. 81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Rains, Richard 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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Authoritative California resources

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