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Hot Creek Pit

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237221
MAS/MILS ID 0060510231
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Creek Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.86786, 37.69073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitmore 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

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 003 S 028 E 15 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.86786, 37.69073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Industrial Minerals, Inc.
    ID 404231
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O. Box 10477 Reno, NV
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Industrial Minerals, Inc.
    ID 404231
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981,

  • Deposit

    P. 13.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/15/2010
MSHA mine ID0404231
Mine name (MSHA)Hot Creek Mine
Current operatorStandard Industrial Minerals Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard B Harmon
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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