Ward Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261388
MRDS ID M022166
MAS/MILS ID 0060510034
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Mine
Alternate or previous names Hoover Wilderness, Ward
Related records 10103173

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.27317, 38.09382 (WGS84)
Elevation 3267
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

Dunderberg Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 N 024 E 24 N2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.27317, 38.09382

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 15, 1915, P. 167.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 49-82, 1982, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NOS. 19 AND 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Zilka, Nicholas T. 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.