Leida Group

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. 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 10007208
MRDS ID C010556
Record type Site
Current site name Leida Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.59567, 37.67188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 3 MI. S 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)

Crowley 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 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 SE 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 > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.59567, 37.67188

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 381 - 382 .

  • 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. 126 , PL. 1 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS, 3 - 6 FT. THICK
Deposit HOLDINGS COMPRISE 16 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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