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Un-Named Placer

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036264
MRDS ID M025012
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48479, 35.92637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position APPROX.6 MILES W OF BIRCHUM SPRINGS, APPROX 2.2 MILES NW OF QUAIL SPR., Within A Radius 200 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homewood Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(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
023S 042E 19 NW OF NW OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX 1.5 MILES DOWN BIRCHUM SPR RD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH MTN SPRINGS CONGON RD. MARKER ON W SIDE OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel, Intermittent

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIVES CAPPED BY LAVA FLOW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WHERE STREAM CHANNEL CROSSES BIRCHAM SPRINGS RD STREAM GRAVELS HAVE BEEN WORKED FAIRLY EXTENSIVELY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, G.; AHENZA MOORE, T. -FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04/83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL DRYWASHER OPERATION GRAVELS NEAR ROAD WORKED FAIRLY EXTENSIVELY. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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