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Golden Gate

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007148
MRDS ID C010266
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Gate
Related records 10188864

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53487, 38.50963 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5 MI. E MINERAL MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 022E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS FREE-MILLING GOLD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53487, 38.50963
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 38
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Walker River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Period 1912 - 1913
    Material ORE
    Ore mined 6739.8mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^From 6848 Tons

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TUNNELS 300 FT. TO 1800 FT. IN LENGTH. MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 124 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 140 , 165 .

  • Production

    EAKLE & MCLAUGHLIN ( 1917 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 15 CLAIMS AS OF 1917 .
Deposit 2 VEINS, 2 - 4 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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