Mine detail: Patterson Mining District

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Location

Lat / long: 38.41212, -119.23267

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum, Lead
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LODE
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1882

Geology

Structure:PRE-VEIN EMPLACEMENT FAULTING WHERE VEINS STEEPLY DIPPING (LOW-GRADE ORE)., W SIDE OF SIERRA NEVADA FAULT BLOCK IN SWEETWATER MTS.

References

MRDSM022171
DEP60000932
Reference{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REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 , P. 357 - 363 .}{Deposit:: MATHIZ, F., 1927 , THE PATTERSON MINING DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}