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Crooked Creek Placers

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031586
MRDS ID M010669
Record type Site
Current site name Crooked Creek Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07065, 37.46383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 12 MI. NW OF DEEP SPRINGS RANCH ON W SLOPE OF WHITE MOUNTAINS. THIS MAYBE IN SECS. 24, 25, 36, OF 5S/35E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crooked Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 005S 036E 19,30,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07065, 37.46383
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO MILES OF NORTH-SOUTH CHANNEL LOCATIONS EXTEND NORTH FROM CROOKED CREEK TO COTTONWOOD CREEK, ALONG WEST SIDE OF IRON PEAK; WIDTH OF CHANNEL IS 400-600'. RIM ROCK IS GRANITE, CAPPED WITH BASALT AND ANDESITE. THE GRAVEL, CONSISTING OF SLATE, QUARTZITE, GRANITE AND QUARTZ, SHOWS ON THE RIDGES 500' ABOVE THE CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNELS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS DRIVEN AT VARIOUS ELEVATIONS ABOVE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF CROOKED CREEK. GRAVEL FROM ALL THESE WORKINGS PAN COLORS, FROM 2? TO 5? IN SIZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 122-3 AND PL.

Reporter information

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

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