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Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Iron, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036255
MRDS ID M025002
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.54673, 35.98081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROX 5.3 MILES SE OF VOLCANO BUTTE, APPROX 2 MILES NW OF MAMMOTH MINE, APPROX 3.8 MILES SW OF LA MOTTE SPRG

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 022S 041E 34 SE OF SW OF NW California

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS RD IS APPROX. 2 MILES N OF INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANY ON, JUNCTION RANCH & BIRCHUM SPRINGS ROADS, ALONG JUNCTION RANCH ROAD APPROX 2 MILES ALONG ACCESS RD, THEN N APPROX .4 MILE PROSPECT PIT IS ON E SIDE OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Iron Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Bornite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.54673, 35.98081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range / Walker Lane

Ore body information

  • General form INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Jewel F. Fallenius, C. Riffel, John Carricaro

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Naval Weapons Center
    Home office China Lake, Ca.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PROSPECT PIT 25'L X 20'W X 5'D LOCATED ON POOCH #2.

Comments on development

  • 1 PROSPECT PIT LOCATED ON POOCH #2. TWO ADJOINING CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPROUSE, D.; ATIENZA MOORE, T. - FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MAJOR OUTCROPPING OF VEIN OR WALLROCK, MINOR OUT CROP OF FELDS ITE DIKE. INSUFFICIENT ROCK EXPOSURE FOR EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL FEAT URES AND EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION.
Deposit 1 PROSPECT PIT LOCATED ON POOCH #2. QTZ CONTAINS LG AMT OF GALENA AND LESSER AMT OF PYRITE, WITH SOME CHRYSCOLLA, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE . THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ROCK EXPOSURE TOO NOTE ANY CONTROLLING STRUCT URAL FEATURES OR STRUCTURAL TREADS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

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