The Angelo Mission is a gold and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 9,839 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 9,839 Feet (2,999 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.44611, -119.29861
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Angelo Mission MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Angelo Mission
Secondary: Great Western
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Patterson
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LOCATION TAKEN FROM TOPO. MAP
Comment (Production): ACTIVE IT THE 1930'S - TOTAL 10,000-20,000 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON, AND PROBABLY CLOSER TO 20,000 OUNCES PER TON ACTIVE IT THE 1930'S - TOTAL 10,000-20,000 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON, AND PROBABLY CLOSER TO 20,000 OUNCES PER TON
Comment (Deposit): WORKED IN 1930'S WORKED IN THE 1930'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): FALES HOT SPRINGS, CALIF.-NEV. 15 MIN. TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET ( 1956 ).
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAM MCCAFFREY (ORAL COMMUNICATION JULY, 1979).
Reference (Deposit): MCCAFFREY,W. (ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1979)
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