The Peter Cody Adit is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.4928, -118.30500
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Peter Cody Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peter Cody Adit
Secondary: Moon Group Area Prospects
Secondary: Moon Claim Group
Secondary: Paymaster No.3
Secondary: Dark Horse Mine
Secondary: Daurte Mine
Secondary: Star No. 4
Secondary: Tres Amigos
Secondary: White Mountains Rare Ii Area
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mono
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): POINT OF REFERECNE IS ONE OF A GROUP OF SHAFTS IN SEC 25. MOON GROUP EXTENDS THROUGH SEC 12,13,14,24,25,T5S,R33E AND SEC 19 AND 30 T5S R34E
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 94-83, 1983, PLATE 1,
Reference (Deposit): NO. 97, P. 10; TABLE 4, NO. 97, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES 12TH RPT. P. 178; 13TH RPT. P. 277,
Reference (Deposit): (DARKHORSE).
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, NOS 3-4, P. 564,
Reference (Deposit): (MONTECITO).
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