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Gorilla

Past Producer 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007155
MRDS ID C010320
Record type Site
Current site name Gorilla
Related records 10261395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.26208, 38.01325 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position N SLOPE MT. SCOWDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunderberg Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono 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)

Hoover Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002N 025E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.26208, 38.01325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 50 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Homer

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUES GIVEN BY SECRETARY OF COMPANY FOR ABOVE YEARS. RUMOR, HOWEVER, PLACES PRODUCTION AT $300,000 . SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1887 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, REPORTED IN 1888 TO BE 270 , 340 AND 412 FT. LONG. 386 FT. SHAFT.

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. 125 , PL. 1

  • Production

    TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2 FT. THICK

Reporter information

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

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