Marietta

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109268
MRDS ID M010525
Record type Site
Current site name Marietta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50484, 37.7741 (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
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50484, 37.7741

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 650 OZ. SILVER/TON, 0.95 OZ. GOLD/TON AND 20% LEAD. GOLD CONTENT IN MOST OF THE BLIND SPRING HILL DEPOSITS WAS NOT IMPORTANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blind Spring Hill

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED OXIDIZED ORE IN 1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 53, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 564

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 175

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. 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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