Gray Eagle Prospect

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086465
MRDS ID X023755
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle Prospect
Related records 10114864

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24399, 37.34827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2.5 MI WSW BLACK CANYON SPRING ON S SIDE REDDING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westgard Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 034E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24399, 37.34827

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COLUMNAR EPIDOTE CRSTALS SEVERAL INCHES LONG. MASSIVE GARNET-ROCK EXPOSED IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, LIES NEARLY HORIZONTAL; SEV. SMALL CHALCOPYRITE-BEARING STRINGERS TRAVERSE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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