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Waterfall Prospect

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036110
MRDS ID M024153
Record type Site
Current site name Waterfall Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.06176, 37.35439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position IN DEEP SPRING VALLEY 2 MI. NE ANTELOPE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Springs Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 036E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2 LOC EST. FROM DESC. IN REF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLOURITE IS A PRONOUNCED PURPLE COLOR AND IMPORTS AN UNUSUAL AND STRIKING APPEARENCE TO GOLD ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $18/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.06176, 37.35439
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Contact Metamorphism

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC BELT LIES IN COUNTRY ROCK OF LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLOURITIC VEINLETS, FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES IN THICKNESS, IN BELT OF TREMOLITIC WHITE MARBLE, 10-12 FT. IN THICKNESS. LARGER VEINS DESCRIBED AS PEGMATITIC IN APPEARENCE AND COMPOSITION, WITH COARSE ORTHOCLASE, MUSCOVITE AND FLOURITE. HANGING WALL IS A BLACK MICACEOUS HORNFELS. PROPORTION OF FLOURITE VEINLETS TO MASS OF LIMESTONE OR MARBLE TRAVERSED BY THEM IS SMALL. ONLY AT ONE POINT WERE VEINLETS NUMEROUS ENOUGH TO BRING DEPOSIT UP TO ORE GRADE.

Reporter information

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

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