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Silverado - Kentuck

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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 10007173
MRDS ID C010362
Record type Site
Current site name Silverado - Kentuck
Related records 10285963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.26765, 38.43659 (WGS84)
Elevation 3024
Relative position 1 MI. E MT. PATTERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Patterson(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 007N 025E 18,19,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE ORE SAID TO AVG. 16 OZ AG/TON. LENTICULAR MASS OF ORE NEAR FOOTWALL RETURNED $200 - $600/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SMELTER ASSAYS DATED 1911 SHOWED: SORTED ORE, 0.29 OZ AU, 241.01 OZ. AG. CON., 0.47 OZ. AU, 1484.18 OZ. AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.26765, 38.43659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 45 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RICH LENSES OF DARK BLUE ORE OCCUR WHERE SERIES OF PARALLEL NSSW FAULTS CUT VEIN. FAULTS DO NOT DISPLACE VEIN TO ANY EXTENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Patterson

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • KENTUCK MINE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED UP TO $500,000 THROUGH 1884 . CLAIMS SHUT DOWN IN 1938 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ON 4 LEVELS BY 14,000 FT. OF ADITS, TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S. AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 165 - 166 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 398 .

  • 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. 145 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 567 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES 15 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 4 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey HOST ROCK AND IGNEOUS ROCK CLEANED UP.
Updater 02-OCT-1991 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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