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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Latite
- Orebody form
- PINCH-SWELL
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production size
- Small
Records and references
TUCKER, W. B., 1934 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 30 , NO. 4 , P. 320 . GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 563 - 564 . TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 127 - 128 , PL. 1 . RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MOUNT MORRISON QUADRANGLE, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 385 , P. 98 - 99 . TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ), RINEHART AND ROSS ( 1964 )
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10007193 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 37.59465, -118.98874
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