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Un-Named

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Silica, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036275
MRDS ID M025030
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45673, 36.04776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 0.3 AIRLINE MILES NORTHEAST OF OLD MILLSPAUGH SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maturango Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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
022S 042E 04 NE OF SW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -117.45673, 36.04776
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL PITS OR POSSIBLE ADITS CAVED IN AND FILLED WITH SLOPE WASH. PITS ARE ABOUT 100' APART AT THE SAME ELEVATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESE WORKINGS WERE DRIVEN TO EXPLORE AN APPARENT QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT.ONLY INFORMATION IS A PILE OF QUARTZ WITH A SECONDARY DRUSY QUARTZ AND SLIGHT SHOWS OF LIMONITE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 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.

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