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Advance

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034297
MRDS ID M021050
Record type Site
Current site name Advance
Alternate or previous names North Advance
Related records 10211705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.70432, 38.66602 (WGS84)
Relative position ON MONITOR CRK, 6 MILES SE OF MARKLEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heenan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 021E 31,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.70432, 38.66602
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1920 - 1944

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS ESTIMATED OVER $50,000. SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1920 REPORTED YIELDS OF 100 OZ AG AND $20 AU/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT 700 FT. BELOW OUTCROP, 660 FT. FROM PORTAL ADIT IS FORKED, OVER 2,500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. CAVED SHAFT SAID TO BE 300 FT. DEEP AT PORTAL OF ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 354 ; DIV. OF MINES P. 413

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1920 : ALPINE COUNTY: 17 TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 401

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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