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Southern Belle

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086473
MRDS ID X024212
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Belle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31316, 37.463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 8 MI. NE BISHOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laws(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 033E 35,36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 35, SW 1/4 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVG. VALUE OF ORE EXTRACTED FROM SOUTHERN BELL EST. WELL OVER $30/TON. 2 OTHER VEINS ON CLAIM, THE RUDOLPH AND PIERCE, YIELDED SOME $40 IN ORE FROM NARROW STREAK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31316, 37.463
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OTHER ROCKS IN AREA OF CLAIMS INCLUDE SLATE, SHALE & INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $250000 PRIOR TO 1904 . RECORDS DESTROYED IN 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE. NO OFFICIAL PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • ON SOUTHERN BELLE; TUNNEL DRIVEN E 350 FT. 400 FT. SHAFT. TOTAL OF 3050 FT. OF WORKINGS CONSISTING OF 1900 FT. OF HORIZONTAL DRIFTS, 862 FT. OF WINZES AND 288 FT. OF RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 183 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 135 - 136 , PL. 1 .

  • Production

    TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS. 6 ON SOUTHERN BELLE; 3 ARE E - W AND DIP 30 - 45 N; AND OTHER 3 STEEPLY DIPPING N - S FRACTURES WHICH CUT E - W VEINS. AVG. 7 FT. THICK. PAY STREAK VARIES FROM 8 IN. - 2 FT. IN WIDTH.
Deposit CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS. PROPERTY DIVIDED INTO THE SOUTHERN BELLE, NEW YEAR AND BULLION MINES. NEW YEAR, SOUTHERN BELLE AND BULLION LIE ON SOUTH END OF PROPERTY IN INYO COUNTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE 2 MINES, SEE TUCKER AND SAMPSON ( 1940 ) P. 136 ; 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

Beyond USGS

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