Arcan Prospect

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260990
MAS/MILS ID 0060271607
Record type Site
Current site name Arcan Prospect
Alternate or previous names Arcan Placer, Resting Spring Range

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.02696, 36.14359 (WGS84)
Elevation 570
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixmile Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 023 N 006 E 11 NWNWSW California

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS ALONG AMARGOSA RIVER FROM EAGLE MOUNTAIN TO 4 MI. N. OF SHOSHONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium, undifferentiated

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-85, 1985, TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    NO. 24, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-10, 1986,

  • Deposit

    NO. 29, PLATE 3.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.