Un-Named

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036268
MRDS ID M025020
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36229, 36.60247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.2 AIRLINE MILES N-NE OF OLD MILLSPAUGH SITE, Brunton Triangulation To Various Prominent Locations, Brunton Triangulation To Various Prominent Locations

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022S 042E 04 SW OF NW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD & SILVER PRESENCE SPECULATIVE UNTIL ASSAYS RECEIVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.36229, 36.60247

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N. 70 W
    Dip 80 SOUTHWESTERLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.019HA
    Length 14.94M
    Overall depth 13.11M
    Overall length 15.54M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF: 1 VERTICAL SHAFT-14' LONG 10' WIDE, 43' DEEP 2 SURFACE PIT 6' LONG, 7' WIDE, FILLED WITH SLOPE WASH TO 3' DEEP-TRENCH IS LOCATED ALONG SHEAR ZONE STRIKE APPROX 25' NORTHWEST OF SHAFT AND 10' HIGHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.F. DURBIN, C.NEAL, C RODGERS, MAPPING & SAMPLING 4-20-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE IS 8 FEET WIDE-COMPOSED OF SHEARED ALTERED HORN BLEND GRANODIORITE THAT APPEARS ALMOST SCHISTOSE WITH SCATTERED QUARTZ VEINLETS UP TO 1' THICK
Deposit THIS SMALL WORKING WAS DRIVEN TO EXPLORE LIMITS OF A MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE WHICH HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF IRON IN FORMS OF SPECULAR HEMATITE AND PYRITE. NO OTHER ORE MINERALS NOTED BUT PRECIOUS METALS MAY BE PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Durbin, William F. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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