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Cornucopia

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10007215
MRDS ID C010591
Record type Site
Current site name Cornucopia
Related records 10164035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48567, 37.77465 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position HEAD OF LAST CHANCE GULCH ON BLIND SPRING HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 032E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

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) -118.48567, 37.77465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 - 20 W
    Dip 40 - 45 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF PARALLEL FAULT FISSURES STRIKING N - S

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

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1925. SMELTER RECOVERY RAN 28% PB AND 24 OZ/TON AG. THE LAST KNOWN ACTIVITY WAS IN 1941 WHEN SOME AG WAS RECOVERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 558 .

  • 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. 140 , PL. 1 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS
Deposit SEVERAL 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

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