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Uncle Billy Rogers Mine

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034929
MRDS ID M022014
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Billy Rogers Mine
Alternate or previous names Altura, Brewers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.93239, 38.71352 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3 3/4 MI WSW OF HAWKINS PEAK. 1 1/4 MI S OF HOPE VALLEY CAMPGROUND IN HOPE VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson Pass(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 019E 18 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. EST. LAT.-LONG. BASED ON MINE SYMBOL FOR BREWERS MINE ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.93239, 38.71352
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granitic Batholith

Ore body information

  • Name UNCLE BILLY ROGERS
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Granitic Intrusion And Tactite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: CHALCOPYRITE-RICH BODY IN GARNETIFEROUS TACTITE. AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST IN HANGING WALL, SLATE AND PHYLLITE IN FOOTWALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1930S

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST COPPER DISCOVERY. IN "EARLY DAYS" HIGH GRADE ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO. 8 , P. 13, 44.

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 213.

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit REC. NO. M021511 AND C004728 MERGED HERE.
Deposit IN SEC 18 SAME AS BREWERS MINE? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey THIS RECORD (M022014)
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey FOR RECORD NO. C004738 (DELETED)
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey FOR RECORD NO. M021511 (DELETED)
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey COMBINED REC. NO. M021511 (UNCLE BILLY ROGERS) AND C004728 (BREWERS MINE) WITH THIS RECORD, DETERMINED TO BE THE SAME SITE. CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., UTM ZONE.

Beyond USGS

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