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Chemung

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101172
MRDS ID C010414
Record type Site
Current site name Chemung
Alternate or previous names Masonic Mines Association
Related records 10207414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.15653, 38.33992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Relative position NW SLOPE MASONIC MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(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

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 006N 026E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Masonic

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LARGE SHIPMENTS OF MEDIUM-GRADE ORE DEVEL. AND SEVERAL SHIPMENTS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE. SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TON, HAVE BEEN MADE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. SHAFT, DRIFTS ON 50 , 100 AND 200 FT. LEVELS, MILL ERECTED. SOME SURFACE PROSPECTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1920 , MONO COUNTY: 17TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 153 .

  • Deposit

    BOALICH, E. S., 1922 , MONO COUNTY: 18TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 415 - 416 .

  • 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. 121 - 122 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 273 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit THE MASONIC MINES ASSOCIATION OWNED SEVERAL CLAIMS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING THE CHEMUNG MINE. TOPO. LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 20 ; 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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