The Sierra Vista is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.63833, -118.56528
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Sierra Vista MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sierra Vista
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Chidago
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY ASSAYS EST. 0.5 OZ. AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINED 2 % COMBINED PB - CU
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. MIDDLE OF SW 1/4
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS (SHEAR ZONES), 5 - 15 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 5 ADITS, 200 - 500 FT. IN LENGTH. 2 SHAFTS FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS, SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) P. 133 . AND RINEHART & ROSS ( 1956 ), FIG. 3 , P. 15 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SHEAR ZONES FILLED WITH BRECCIA
Comment (Deposit): 25 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 ) P. 133 AND PL. 1 , LOCATE MINE IN T 3 S, R 31 E, SEC. 5 . LATER SOURCES, HOWEVER, SUCH AS GOODWIN ( 1957 ) AND ERIC ( 1948 ) PLACE MINE IN T 4 S, R 31 E, SEC. 21 . RINEHART & ROSS ( 1956 ) PUT CLAIM BACK IN T 3 S, R 31 E, SEC. 33 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 567 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN 1957
Reference (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 .
Reference (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 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 275 .
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