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Panamint Dunes

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188175
MAS/MILS ID 0060272000
Record type Site
Current site name Panamint Dunes

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.4592, 36.46107 (WGS84)
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

The Dunes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 042 E 18 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • THE DUNES COVER PORTIONS OF SECS. 7, 8, 17-20, AND 29; THE SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM SEC. 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.4592, 36.46107
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 15-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, P. 11; PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Leszcykowski, Andrew M. 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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