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Argus Sterling

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. 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 10076613
MRDS ID W023733
Record type Site
Current site name Argus Sterling
Related records 10285187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49951, 36.15803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position WITHIN U.S. NAVAL ORD. TESTING STA., INYOKERN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Revenue Canyon(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
Mount Diablo 020S 041E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults: Strike Ne, Dip. 45 Se

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917 - 1923

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGED 15 % PB, 4.25 OZ/TON AG, SOME COPPER AND GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 47.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT, NE FOR 450 FT., VERTICAL SHAFT 155 FT. DEEP DRIFT SE OF VEIN 150 FT, DRIFT NW 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 451 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , REPT. 22 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 22 , NO. 4 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 476 - 477

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 451 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ - FILLED FISSURE IN LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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