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Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, 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 10036257
MRDS ID M025005
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53757, 35.97276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 6 MILES SE OF VOLCANO BUTTE, APPROX 1.2 MILES NW OF MAMMOT H MINE, APPROX 1.5 MILES SW OF LAMOTLE SPRINGS., Within A Radius Of 300 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Springs 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 022S 041E 03 SW OF NW OF NE OF NW OF NE OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS ROAD. IS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES N OF INTERSECTION OF MTN SPR INGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH & BIRCHUM SPRINGS ROADS. THEN 1.5 MILES AL ONG ACCESS ROAD, CLAIMS ARE SOUTH OF THE ROAD OVER A SADDLE IN THE SMA LL RIDGE WHICH RUNS ALONG THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite 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) -117.53757, 35.97276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N74W
    Dip 35SW
    Thickness 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Kurth E. Wiedow / Henry C. Wiedow

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
    Length 3.35M
    Overall depth 0.76M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECT PITS + 1 SCRATCH LOCATED ON TWO ADJOINING CLAIMS. #1: W MOST, 5'LX2'WX2'D, HAS FE-STAINED QTZ VEIN; #2: 6'LX3'WX3'D, NOTHING SHOWING.

Comments on development

  • 2 SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITS LOCATED ON ADJOINING CLAIMS. QTZ HAS FE-ST AINING AND SOME CU-STAINING, SMALL AMT OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, LIMONI TE, CHRYSCOLLA ; 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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