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Dunderburg

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007172
MRDS ID C010344
Record type Site
Current site name Dunderburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25236, 38.10186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 1 MI. ESE GREEN CREEK CAMPGROUND

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)

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 025E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED ORE IN UPPER TUNNEL CARRIES VALUES IN AU FROM $20 - $40/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25236, 38.10186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IN LOWER TUNNEL HIGHLY MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Castle Peak

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 944.88M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CROSSCUT TUNNELS; UPPER 900 FT. LONG, 200 FT. BELOW A 1700 FT. TUNNEL, AND 800 FT. BELOW LATTER IS A 500 FT. ADIT. 100 FT. WINZE.

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. 123 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, V. 23 , P. 123 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 - 9 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

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

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