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Comstock Deposit

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031576
MRDS ID M010636
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32261, 37.52966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI. NE OF THE MARON RANCH ON W. SLOPE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalfant Valley(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)

White Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 005S 033E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32261, 37.52966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PUMICE LAYER, 12-22' THICK, INTERBEDDED WITH FANGLOMERATE MATERIAL IS WELL EXPOSED IN MINING OPERATIONS AND SHOWS TYPICAL SUBAGUEOUS FEATURES. PUMICE FRAGMENTS ARE ANGULAR, WHITE, AND RANGE FROM 1/16" TO 3" IN DIAMETER. OVERLYING FANGLOMERATE IS AS MUCH AS 20' THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bishop-Laws Area

Comments on the production information

  • STARTED IN 1941 AND OPERATED FOR NEXT 2 YRS. AGAIN OPENED IN 1945 BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS. IDLE IN SEPT. 1953.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED WITH A BULLDOZER FROM SEVERAL PITS; USED FOR BUILDING BLOCKS AND FOR GROUND PUMICE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P. 61, 96 AND PL.1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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