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Argus Range

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036150
MRDS ID M024206
Record type Site
Current site name Argus Range
Related records 10184289

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48868, 35.93804 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF MOUTH OF SHEPARD'S CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homewood Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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

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 042E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAID TO CARRY TRACE OF GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48868, 35.93804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY SURFACE WORK HAS BEEN DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894: 12TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CA. STATE MIN. BUR., P. 326

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 287.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS AS BUNCHES OF VARYING SIZE OVER AN AREA SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN DIA.
Deposit USED AS A FLUX YEARS AGO IN THE LOOKOUT SMELTER. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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