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Orion

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034944
MRDS ID M022038
Record type Site
Current site name Orion
Related records 10235426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.7071, 38.68297 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI NW OF HEENAN LAKE

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 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.7071, 38.68297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN SAME ALTERATION - SILICIFICATION ZONE AS CONTAINS MORNING STAR, CURTZ & GEORGIANA MINES. VALUES IN VEIN-LIKE ZONE. MINERALIZED VEIN IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monitor - Mogul

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DRIFT ADITS, 300 & 200 FT LONG. 100 FT SHAFT NR TOP OF HILL. ALL WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE IN 1969 . LOWER ADIT NR MOGUL CANYON FLOOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT. NO. 8 , P. 21 , 46 .

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. AS, 1919 , ALIPINE CO.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR., 15TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 21 , 22 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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