Unnamed Prospect

Prospect in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140040
MAS/MILS ID 0060510243
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silver-Gold Occurrence, White Mountains Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -118.07453, 37.49434 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
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

Crooked Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

White Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 005 S 036 E 20 SESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -118.07453, 37.49434

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR., MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 94-83, 1983, TABLE 4,

  • Deposit

    NO. 122, P. 54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSAYS FROM TWO CHIP SAMPLES IN THE ADIT AND ONE GRAB SAMPLE FROM A SLOUGHED PIT AVERAGE APPROXIMATELY 0.02 OUNCES PER TON GOLD AND 0.53 OUNCES PER TON SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.