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Mono Pass Prospect

Prospect in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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 10261936
MAS/MILS ID 0060510516
Record type Site
Current site name Mono Pass Prospect
Alternate or previous names Golden Crown Quartz Mine, Ella Bloss Quartz Mine, Ella Bloss No. 2 Quartz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.21537, 37.85213 (WGS84)
Elevation 3290
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

Koip Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono 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)

Ansel Adams 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 001 S 025 E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.21537, 37.85213
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND INTO TUOLUMNE COUNTY. THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED ON A SHAFT ON THE ELLA BLOSS CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1516-D, 1982, P. 141-143.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAY-1993 Thurber 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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