The Golden Gate is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.50972, -119.53389
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Golden Gate MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Gate
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: West Walker River
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
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1912 - 1913
Mined: 6739.800 mt
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^From 6848 Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, 2 - 4 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 5 TUNNELS 300 FT. TO 1800 FT. IN LENGTH. MILL
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS FREE-MILLING GOLD ORE
Comment (Deposit): 15 CLAIMS AS OF 1917 .
References
Reference (Production): EAKLE & MCLAUGHLIN ( 1917 )
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. 124 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Deposit): EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 140 , 165 .
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