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Golden Mirage 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. Ore body information
  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 10036123
MRDS ID M024172
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Mirage Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.98092, 36.81857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 3 MI. WSW WILLOW CREEK COMP, W. OF GRAY EAGLE TALC MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pat Keyes Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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)

Inyo Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 013S 037E 09,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. EST. FROM DESCRIPTION.PROJECTED, LAND UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $5/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.98092, 36.81857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 40SE
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEACHED CAVITIES IN QUARTZ INDICATE FORMER SULFIDES, PRINCIPALLY LARGE CUBIC CRYSTALS OF PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF WORKINGS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVG. 1 FT. IN THICKNESS. GOLD CONTENT SPOTTY AND GENERALLY HIGHEST IN HONEY COMBED ROCK

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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