Tamarack

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007150
MRDS ID C010290
Record type Site
Current site name Tamarack

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.31014, 38.1477 (WGS84)
Elevation 2609
Relative position 2 MI. S TWIN LAKES CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 003N 024E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD-SILVER ORE AMALGAMATED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.31014, 38.1477

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homer

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, L. E., AND OTHERS, 1957 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA: BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. 3 , P. 228

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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