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Prospect

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036259
MRDS ID M025007
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45479, 35.92526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position APPROX 2.8 MILES NW OF ARGUS PK, APPROX 3.5 MILES W OF RUTH MINE, APPROX 1.9 MILES SW OF QUAIL SPRINGS

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 32 NW OF SE OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • FROM INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH & BIRCHUM SPRINGS RDS, HEAD S ALONG BIRCHUM SPRINGS RD, KEEPING RIGHT FOR APPROX 4 MILES, THEN SE ALONG MOSCOW SPRINGS RD APPROX 1 MILE, CLAIM MAKERS ARE LOCATED ON W & E SIDES OF WASH THAT THE RD FACES AND A LITTLE TO T HE N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -117.45479, 35.92526
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

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
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE BOUNDRY MARKERS FOUND BUT NO DIGGINGS...POSSIBLY A PLACER C LAIM ALONG THE WASH THAT FEEDS INTO MOSCOW SPRINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ALONG AN INTERMITTANT STREAM CHANNEL.
Deposit THREE BOUNDRY MARKERS FOUND; (2 WEST, 1 EAST OF DRAW JUST N OF SPR ING)...NO DIGGINGS FOUND, I SUSPECT THIS IS A PLACER CLAIM. NO REAL GO OD SAMPLING AREA FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

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