Mine detail: Sierra Vista

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Location: Mono County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.63827, -118.56623
dep_id: 10007212
mrds_id: C010568
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Scheelite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , 15 , PL. 1 .
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 132 - 133 .
  • Deposit:: ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 275 .
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 567 .
  • Production:: GOODWIN 1957
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