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Katy Prospect

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187951
MAS/MILS ID 0060270662
Record type Site
Current site name Katy Prospect
Alternate or previous names Katy Nos. 1 & 2, Black Canyon Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.21763, 37.32775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 007 S 034 E 23 SENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.21763, 37.32775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 80M
    Width 40M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N40W:70E
    Date of Last Modification 840729

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kelley, William J.
    Home office Bell Gardens, Ca
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL RESOURCES ARE IN ONE INFERRED BLOCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R. L., AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    BLACK CANYON RARE II AREA (NO. 5061), INYO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 85-83,

  • Deposit

    NO. 26, P. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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