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Star & Great Western

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086469
MRDS ID X024202
Record type Site
Current site name Star & Great Western
Related records 10236946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.30959, 38.44659 (WGS84)
Elevation 3341
Relative position 2.5 MI. E LOBDELL LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Patterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 024E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM STAR CLAIM EST. 20 OZ. AG/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.30959, 38.44659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MILL TEST OF 5 TONS OF ORE SAID TO HAVE RETURNED 47 OZ. AG/TON. ( 85 % EXTRACTION ) NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 135 FT. ADIT, 9 OPEN CUTS, 75 FT. APART. ON STAR CLAIM, AN 85 FT. ADIT AND 35 FT. WINZE OCCUR IN THE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 166

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, GREAT WESTERN IS 4 - 11 FT. THICK. 2 VEINS ON STAR CLAIM ARE 3 FT. THICK.
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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