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Sierra Group

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Gold, Arsenic
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10101175
MRDS ID C010428
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Group
Related records 10236734

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99124, 37.59549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 2 MI. S OLD MAMMOTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloody Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 027E 09,10,15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. CORNERS OF SECS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS EST. $4 AU/TON FROM A 4 FT.-THICK VEIN.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99124, 37.59549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mammoth Lakes

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ASSESSMENT WORK. SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1940 , BY A. E. BEAUREGARD, BISHOP, CALIFORNIA. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • ON SIERRA NO. 3 CLAIM, A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN SOUTH 135 FT. ON VEIN. ON SIERRA NO. 4 CLAIM THERE IS A VERTICAL SHAFT 80 FT. DEEP - ALSO AN OPENCUT SOUTH OF THE SHAFT EXPOSES 4 FT. OF BARITE. ON NO. 6 CLAIM, CROSSCUT DRIVEN 400 FT. - NE 300 FT. FROM PORTAL. DRIFT 50 FT. NE AND 50 FT. SOUTHWEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 4 - 20 FT. THICK
Deposit 6 CLAIMS. ADJOIN MAMMOTH MINE ON WEST AND NORTHWEST. ; 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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Authoritative California resources

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