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Mountain Springs Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103491
MRDS ID M024114
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Springs Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58257, 35.94387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 1 MI W MOUNTAIN SPRING NEAR MOUTH OF MT. SPRINGS CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Springs 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
Mount Diablo 023S 041E 07,08,09,17,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 8. APPARENTLY MANY LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERAL FOR SILVER UNKNOWN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $9-$20/TON IN GOLD AND SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58257, 35.94387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E - N 45 E
    Dip 30 - 40 NE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Fault Zones And On Intrusive Dike Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES OF DIORITE AND ANDESITE INTRUDE GRANITE

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN PARALLEL VEINS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE PROPERTY. THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE CONVENTION NO. 2 CLAIM, WHERE A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK ON THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 185 FT. ON THE 138-FT. LEVEL, DRIFT SW. 338 FT. AND NE. 70 FT. AT 75 FT. IN ELEVATION AND SW. OF SHAFT NO. 2 IS VEIN NO. 1, ON WHICH THERE IS AN INCLINE SHAFT 70 FT. DEEP, WITH A DRIFT SW. 130 FT. ON THE 60-FT. LEVEL AND NE. 100 FT.; AVERAGE WIDTH OF THE VEIN BEING 1 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 158

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 412

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS, EACH FROM 1-4 FT. IN THICKNESS
Deposit 20 CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE CONVENTION GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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