Neptune, Phoenix, and Creekside Qtz

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115855
MAS/MILS ID 0060510456
Record type Site
Current site name Neptune, Phoenix, and Creekside Qtz
Alternate or previous names Neptune,Phenix and Creekside Quartz, Mountain Queen, White Mountains Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.42455, 37.83023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton(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 001 S 032 E 26 SWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Cambrian marine rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Sophie Black
    Year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Zimmerman, Wilford
    Year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Peggy Zimmerman
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 94-83, 83, TABLE 4,

  • Deposit

    NO. 33, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES 8TH REPT., P. 378.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1991 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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