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Argus Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036083
MRDS ID M024113
Record type Site
Current site name Argus Mine
Alternate or previous names Argus Canyon Gold Mine
Related records 10211860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51646, 35.94526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2.9 MI E MT. SPRING ON N. BANK MT. SPRING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 041E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4. SEVERAL LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51646, 35.94526
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HONEYCOMBED
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • GREATEST DEVELOPMENT ON SOUTH INYO CLAIM WHERE 120 FT. ADIT DRIVEN ON VEIN, 1-4 FT. IN THICKNESS. 0.5 MI N., ON ANOTHER CLAIM, 80 FT ADIT DRIVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 145

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 468

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 136

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 240 ACRES. 15 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON. ONES ON SOUTH SIDE FLAT, WHILE NORTH ONES DIP STEEPLY. S OF CANYON, LARGE VEIN ON WHICH 5 LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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