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Golden Trio

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098349
MRDS ID M025014
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Trio
Alternate or previous names Birchum Spring Mine
Related records 10115499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47257, 35.9247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1759
Relative position APPROX .2 MILE SE OF BIRCHUM SPR, APPROX 5.3 MILES NW OF ARGUS PK; APPROX 3 MILES SW OF MARGARET ANN SPR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homewood Canyon(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
023S 042E 20 N OF SE OF NW California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX .5 MILE S ALONG BIRCHUM SPR RD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH MTN SPRINGS CANYON RD, THEN .5 MILE SE ALONG BIRCHUM SPRINGS CAMPSITE RD AND S FOR .5 MILE TO SPRING; WORKINGS ARE ALONG W FACING SLOPE OF BASALT CAPPED MESA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.47257, 35.9247
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Walker Lane

Ore body information

  • General form INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT CAVED & 5 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBSON, G.; ATIENZA MOORE, T-FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT MUCH SHOWING. WORK MUST HAVE STARTED BY FOLLOWING QTZ FLOAT UP ALONG HILLSIDE. MILL LOCATED APPROX .5 MILE N CONSISTED OF A VERY SMALL STAMP MILL (ONLY PLATFORM REMAINS) PLUS A SMALL RIFFLE BOARD. OWNER/OPERATOR WAS CRUSHING QTZ, CONCENTRATING AND PANNING THE CONCENTRATES. VERY SMALL OPERATION ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

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