Powell

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109267
MRDS ID M010524
Record type Site
Current site name Powell
Related records 10188835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50095, 37.77354 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton Hot Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 031E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50095, 37.77354

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1920 , 1942

Mining district

District name Blind Springs Hill

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED ORE IN 1920 ; SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 138 OZ AG/TON, 0.147 OZ AU/TON, 2.58 % PB AND 3.06 % CU. PRODUCED SOME SILVER BY DIRECT RECOVERY IN 1942 . NO TOTAL OR INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY; VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 565

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, A.L., 1940 , GEOLOGY AND ORES OF BLIND SPRINGS HILL DISTRICT, MONO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 175

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , P. 565

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO CONFIRMATION ON LOCATION.

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.