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Quail Spring Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262622
MAS/MILS ID 0060711673
Record type Site
Current site name Quail Spring Prospect
Alternate or previous names Quail Spring Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.85278, 35.63669 (WGS84)
Elevation 1146
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quail Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018 N 001 E 22 NWNE California

Comments on the location information

  • POINT OF REFERENCE IS IN CENTER OF QUAIL SPRING AREA MINERAL HOLDINGS CONSIST OF ONE LOCATED CLAIM OWNED BY RICHARD N.SELAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.85278, 35.63669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.8M
    Length 35M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830519
  • Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1907

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard N Seland
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • A MILL, THE LONE STAR, PROBABLY WAS IN OPERATION IN 1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 14-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 28, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAY-1993 Mcmahan 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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