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Sacramento

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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 10101186
MRDS ID C010634
Record type Site
Current site name Sacramento

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33205, 37.54327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position MOUTH OF SACRAMENTO CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalfant Valley(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 005S 033E 02,03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SAID TO CARRY $15 - $16/TON IN GOLD, LARGELY FREE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33205, 37.54327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 30 NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ONE DRIFT ENCOUNTERS E - W FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • MAJOR PRODUCTION WAS BY CYANIDATION. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 300-FT. SHAFT ON THE VEIN FROM WHICH WORKINGS CONSIDERABLE ORE WAS STOPED PRIOR TO 1890 . BELOW THIS SHAFT FOUR TUNNELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE HILL. THE UPPER, NO. 1 TUNNEL, WAS DRIVEN 300 FT. ON THE VEIN. SOME STOPING WAS DONE ABOVE THIS TUNNEL. NO. 2 TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN 550 FT. ON THE VEIN, THEN CROSSCUT EAST 900 FT. VEIN IS 2 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE IN THESE WORKINGS. NO. 3 TUNNEL NORTH 30 DEG. EAST 450 FT. ON THE VEIN WHICH IS 4 FT. WIDE HERE. AT FACE OF TUNNEL IS A WINZE 50 FT. DEEP WITH 100-FT. DRIFT NORTH WHICH ENDS AT A FAULT. NO. 4 TUNNEL IS A CROSSCUT EAST 150 FT., WITH A RAISE TO NO. 3 TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 274 .

  • 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. 132 , PL. 1 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 566 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN ( 1957 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISING 6 CLAIMS. REFERENCES PLACE MINE IN SEC. 2 AND 11 . TOPO MAP INDICATES IT IS IN SEC 2 & 3 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 18 IN. - 4 FT. THICK

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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Authoritative California resources

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