Patterson Mining District

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000932
MRDS ID M022171
Record type District
Current site name Patterson Mining District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.23267, 38.41212 (WGS84)
Relative position GENERALIZED UTM COORDINATES FOR GROSS DISTRICT INFO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater Creek(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.23267, 38.41212

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PRE-VEIN EMPLACEMENT FAULTING WHERE VEINS STEEPLY DIPPING (LOW-GRADE ORE).
Type of structure Regional
Structure description W SIDE OF SIERRA NEVADA FAULT BLOCK IN SWEETWATER MTS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name PATTERSON MINING DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MONO MINING CO. OF NEVADA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITING, H. A., 1888 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 , P. 357 - 363 .

  • Deposit

    MATHIZ, F., 1927 , THE PATTERSON MINING DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

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.