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Granite Mine

Prospect in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116030
MRDS ID M010562
MAS/MILS ID 0060510315
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Mine
Alternate or previous names Patricia Sue, Coos, Benton Range Rare Ii Area, Hill Top
Related records 10031549

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.53035, 37.66384 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
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

Banner Ridge(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 003 S 031 E 26 NWSW California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN SECTION 27, T3S, T31E, NE4, NE4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.53035, 37.66384
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-S, 1941, P. 591-592.

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R.L. AND OTHERS, 1980, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    BENTON RANGE RARE II AREA (NO. 5056), MONO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT THE WESTERN

  • Deposit

    FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, SPOKANE, WA, TABLE 3, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 83-82, 1982, FIGURE 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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