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Chief Mine

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031466
MRDS ID M010294
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.27703, 38.27891 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 024E 23,24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -119.27703, 38.27891
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE CINNABAR OCCURS IN SILICIFIED ZONES IN VOLCANIC ROCKS WHICH ARE EXPOSED IN 24, AND SLIGHTLY IN 23.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM MIS V. 21, NO. 2, 1968, P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED IN 1967. ORE WAS TREATED IN A CUSTOM FURNACE LOCATED IN AURORA CANYON, SE PART 5N/25E. THIS MG IS NOT SHOWN ON MR 30, 1962.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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