Santiago

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095105
MRDS ID M010317
Record type Site
Current site name Santiago
Alternate or previous names Cuba Havana
Related records 10286279

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.1893, 38.05298 (WGS84)
Relative position ON COPPER MTN. 16 MI. SW OF BODIE, 4 MI. FROM W SHORE OF MONO LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lundy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 025E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.1893, 38.05298

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jordan

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL FURNACE ONCE ERECTED AND SOME ORE TREATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 150' SHAFT, SHOWING GOOD ORE, AND BY ABOUT 500' OF TUNNELING. NO WORK DONE SINCE 1908; EXTENT OF DEPOSITS NOT DETERMINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 299

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 376; B. 50, P. 299; B. 144, P. 274

  • Deposit

    CALIF. EC. MINERAL MAP NO. 6

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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