Lake View

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101178
MRDS ID C010458
Record type Site
Current site name Lake View
Related records 10164320

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.13708, 38.3577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position W SLOPE NEW YORK HILL

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. NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.13708, 38.3577

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 E
    Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 7.62M

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 workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS WITH WINZES AND RAISES. LOWER TUNNEL ON LAKE VIEW NO. 2 CLAIM IS 350 FT. LONG. NO. 1 IS 300 FT. LONG AND ANACHONDA TUNNEL IS 250 FT. LONG. 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT REPORTED AT 30 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 125 , PL. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS, 160 FT. APART
Deposit 4 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) MISTAKENLY INDICATE MINE IS IN T 26 N. ; 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

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

Authoritative California resources

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