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Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007745
MRDS ID C020819
Record type Site
Current site name Banner
Alternate or previous names Old Glory, Dog, Wild Bill
Related records 10212098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60817, 37.68522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 2 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 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 N 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS OF SELECTED SAMPLES SHOWED APPROX. 0.10 % URANIUM OXIDE, BUT NO MINABLE QUANTITIES OF MATERIAL WERE FOUND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.60817, 37.68522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Striking N 25 W, Dipping Steeply, Displace (Commonly Less Than 5 Ft.) Veins.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 15 SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN 1952 , ANOMOLOUS RADIOACTIVITY WAS TRACED TO A 3 IN. BAND OF CRUSHED LIMONITIC MATERIAL EXPOSED 5 FT. BENEATH VEIN. ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY FOUND WHERE CERUSSITE AND LIMONITE ARE CONCENTRATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chicago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE FROM 1870 TO 1884 . NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL INCLINED SHAFTS TO DEPTH OF 150 FT. DEVEL. OF 1000 FT OF WORKINGS, MOST OF WHICH ARE NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G. W., LOVERING, T. G., AND STEPHENS, H. G., 1956 , RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 49 OF THE CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES & GEOLOGY, P. 35 .

  • 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. 8 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , PL. 1 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 6 IN. - 2 FT. THICK
Deposit 19 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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