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Paramount Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040660
MRDS ID M055514
Record type Site
Current site name Paramount Mine
Alternate or previous names Paramount Quicksilver Inc.
Related records 10139905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06097, 38.27825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 11 - 1/2 MI E OF BRIDGEPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dome Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 026E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Soil Formation

Analytical data

Result 1.5 TO 5.0 LB HG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.06097, 38.27825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR//BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bridgeport

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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