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Un-Named Shaft

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron, Silica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10095289
MRDS ID M025031
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named Shaft
Related records 10237990

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57451, 35.69554 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 2.0 AIRLINE MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LONG BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Butte(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
026E 041E 18 NW OF SW OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Silica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD AND SILVER PRESENCE SPECULATIVE UNTIL RESULT RECIEVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite 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) -117.57451, 35.69554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 90
    Width 1.37M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Length 4.72M
    Overall depth 4.72M
    Overall length 2.13M
    Overall width 2.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE VERTICAL SHAFT, 7' WIDE, 7' LONG, AND 151/2' DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.F. DURBIN, C. RODGERS, B. RICHARDSON - MAPPED & SAMPLED 3-29-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT DRIVEN TO EXPLORE AN E-W STRIKING VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE WITH ASSOCIATED QUARTZ AND COPPER - IRON MINERALIZATION. PROTECT ABANDONED AT151/2', FROM APPEARANCE OF SMALL ORE PILE, MINER HAD GOOD REASON TO STOP ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A SHEAR ZONE COMPOSED OF SEVERELY ALTERED BIOTITE QUARTZ WITH STRINGERS AND A 2' THICK WHITE MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN THAT NARROWS TO 6" TO WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Durbin, William F. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

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