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Colton Mine

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069782
MRDS ID W007465
Record type Site
Current site name Colton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33427, 37.63327 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES N. OF LAWS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Mountain Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

White Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Precret Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Precret Volcanic Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Precret Sedimentary Rocks;Precret Prophyllitic Schist, Quartzite
    Rock description Precret Sedimentary Rocks;Precret Prophyllitic Schist, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33427, 37.63327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROPHYLLITE SCHIST IN SILICIFIED ZONES IN PRECRET. VOLCANICS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., 1957, PYROPHYLLITE, IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 176, P. 455 - 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY OF DEPOSIT AND REGION ARE UNSTUDIED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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