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Beckman

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007213
MRDS ID C010571
Record type Site
Current site name Beckman
Related records 10261928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52623, 37.62855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2 MI. NNE CASA DIABLO MTN.

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 031E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE FROM OXIDIZED ZONE FIRST CYANIDED FOR AU, AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52623, 37.62855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD LIKE
    Strike E
    Dip 65 - 70 S
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chidago

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1941. SMELTER RECOVERY RAN 7.76% PB, 3.17 OZ/TON AG, 0.334 OZ/TON AU, AND 0.634% CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT. OF WORKINGS ON AN ADIT LEVEL. 2 RAISES, SEVERAL STOPES, AND A WINZE. CAVED PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS 3 AND 4 , P. 555 .

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D., AND CROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 8 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit OPERATED IN 1936 - 1941 , 1949 . ; 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.

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