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Rocket Claim

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040710
MRDS ID M055569
Record type Site
Current site name Rocket Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36089, 35.99165 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position EAST SIDE OF ARGUS MOUNTAINS, 19 MI N OF TRONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Range Crossing(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022S 043E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Metacinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.36089, 35.99165
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1948 - 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, JOSEPH AND WEBB, R.W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CDMG BULL. 189

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A., JR., AND STEWART, R. M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG V. 47.

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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