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Un-Named Prospect

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silica, Iron, Sulfur
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095286
MRDS ID M025015
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46117, 35.73415 (WGS84)
Elevation 796
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 31/2 AIRLINE MILES WEST-SOUTH WWEST OF TOWN OF BOROSOLVAY, Located By Brunton Shots To Prominent Local Ridges

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 042E 33 NE OF SW OF NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silica Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46117, 35.73415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Siliceous Material Intruded Along Fractures Or Joints In Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer John East

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Naval Weapons Center
    Home office China Lake, Ca.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Length 1.83M
    Overall depth 0.3M
    Overall length 1.83M
    Overall width 1.22M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN NOR EXPOSED SUFFICIENTLY TO ATTAIN STRIKE AND DIP
Deposit SMALL PROSPECT PIT 6 FEET LONG,4 FEET WIDE, 1 FOOT DEEP IN A LOCALLY EXPOSED QUARTZ VEIN ; 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.

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