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Blind Springs Hill

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031557
MRDS ID M010589
Record type Site
Current site name Blind Springs Hill
Related records 10188941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.489, 37.775 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton(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 002S 032E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.489, 37.775
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE IN SHEAR ZONES, VEINS AND AS FLAT-LYING TABULAR BODIES IN OLD VOLCANIC ROCKS. FROM 1913-1920 SILVER-GOLD-COPPER ORE PRODUCED 8.58 OZ. SILVER, 1.67% COPPER, AND RECOVERABLE GOLD. BETWEEN 1920-1935 SILVER-LEAD-COPPER ORE PRODUCED 60 OZ. SILVER, 19.46% LEAD, 0.668% COPPER AND 0.412 OZ. GOLD PER TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Production years 1913 - 1920 , 1920 - 1935

Mining district

District name Blind Springs Hill

Comments on the production information

  • 1913 - 1920 , AVG. RECOVERY WAS 8.58 OZ AG, 1.67 % CU AND RECOVERABLE AU. 1920 - 1935 , RECOVERY WAS 60 OZ. AG, 19.46 % PB, 0.668 % CU, AND 0.412 OZ AU/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 555

  • Deposit

    REPT. 17, P. 151

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, PL. 1 AND P. 175

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G. P. 555

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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