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Wildrose

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007205
MRDS ID C010547
Record type Site
Current site name Wildrose
Related records 10212645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60623, 37.71493 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position S. SLOPE WILDROSE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 031E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 S 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL REPORTED PRODUCTION IS $100,000 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION FIGURES FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. INCLINE W/LEVELS, STOPES, 250 FT. CROSSCUT W/500 FT. OF DRIFTS ALONG VEIN W/STOPES TO SURFACE. IN 1953 , ONLY THE CROSSCUT WAS ACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 570 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

  • Reserve-Resource

    RINEHART & ROSS ( 1956 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 4 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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Authoritative California resources

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