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Alexander

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007220
MRDS ID C010649
Record type Site
Current site name Alexander
Alternate or previous names Green Monster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2315, 37.74966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position S. FORK INDIAN CREEK, 9 MI. N MT. BARCROFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 002S 034E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. INCLINE, 50 FT. TUNNEL, 200 FT. OF DRIFTS, NEW 200 FT. ADIT. AS OF 1953 .

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. 554

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 12 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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