Rough and Ready

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007188
MRDS ID C010420
Record type Site
Current site name Rough and Ready
Related records 10116321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.10486, 38.35853 (WGS84)
Elevation 2451
Relative position 1 MI. WSW DOME HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dome Hill(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 006N 026E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -119.10486, 38.35853

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 10 FT. THICK DIKE OF DARK FINE-GRAINED ROCK, STRIKING N 65 W, DIPPING 48 DEGREES, IS EXPOSED 180 FT. FROM TUNNEL ENTRANCE. CLAY SEAM OCCURS ON WEST SIDE OF VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Masonic

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, 350 FT. AND 300 FT. IN LENGTH

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. 132 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S. AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 164 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

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.

Authoritative California resources

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