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Pennsylvania

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034945
MRDS ID M022039
Record type Site
Current site name Pennsylvania
Related records 10138787

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.80043, 38.60769 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI W OF OLD SILVER MOUNTAIN TOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ebbetts 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 009N 020E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. IN PENNSYLVANIA CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARYING AMOUNTS OF SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.80043, 38.60769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA IN GRANITIC ROCK, BOTH GRANITE BUT FOOTWALL HAS GOUGE OF CLAY 3 IN THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1860S AND 1870S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER 900 FT & UPPER 300 FT ADITS, AND SHAFT. XCUTS VEIN 500 FT FROM SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, W. JR., 1888 , ALPINE CO.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR, 8TH ANNUAL REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 39 .

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 - 8 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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