Peter Cody Adit

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

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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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