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Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036256
MRDS ID M025004
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45896, 35.89859 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position APPROX 2.1 MILES SE OF BIRCHAM SPRINGS; APPROX 2.3 MILES NE OF MOS COW SPR; APPROX 2.9 MILES NW OF RUTH MINE, Within A 100 Ft Radius

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)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(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 33 NW OF NW OF WW California

Comments on the location information

  • FROM INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH, AND BIRCH UM SPRINGS RDS, HEAD S ALONG BIRCHAM SPRINGS RD, KEEPING RIGHT FOR APP ROX 4 MILES; THEN HEAD SE ALONG MOSCOW SPRING RD APPROX. 1 MILE AND NE APPROX. 1.5 MILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45896, 35.89859
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range / Walker Lane

Ore body information

  • General form INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION
    Strike N68W
    Dip 85 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Naval Weapons Center
    Home office China Lake, Ca.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Length 9.14M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • SM PROSPECT PIT APPROX. 40 FT BELOW CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPROUSE, D.; ATIENZA MOORE, T-FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS WERE CAVED, GAUGE ZONE EVIDENT BUT NO QTZ VISIBLE. HIGH- GRADE PILE SAMPLED.
Deposit ADIT DUG ALONG SHEAR ZONE STRIKING N68W. WORKINGS CAVED BUT DUMP S IZE INDICATES A MAXIMUM LENGTH OF APPROX. 50 FT. NO QTZ VISIBLE IN SHE AR ZONE; SMALL HIGH-GRADE PILE WAS SAMPLED, QTZ SHOWED GALENA, PYRITE, COVALITE AND BORNITE AS COATINGS, SPHALERITE, MINOR AZURITE AND CHRYS COLLA. DEPOSIT IS NOT MUCH LARGER THAN LENGTH OF WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

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