The Tower is a gold and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.71417, -118.53611
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Tower MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tower
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Indian
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
Form: IRREGULAR KIDNEYS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. MIDDLE OF SE 1/4
Comment (Production): MINE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $150,000 . SMALL RECORDED PRODUCTION OF SILVER IN 1941 . NO VALUES FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVG. 3 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 190 FT. INCLINE WITH SEVERAL LEVELS, 280 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. ALL WORKINGS ARE CAVED OR FLOODED.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 2 PATENTED CLAIMS ; 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. 568 - 569 .
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 DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Production): TUCKER & SAMPSON
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. 146 .
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