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Shower of Gold

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 10036260
MRDS ID M025008
Record type Site
Current site name Shower of Gold
Alternate or previous names Placer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48173, 35.89026 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position APPROX 3.3 MILES NW OF ARGUS PK; APPROX.2.6 MILES SW OF BIRCHUM SPRINGS; APPROX 4.2 MILES WOLF RUTH MINE, Within A Radius Of 1000ft.

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 31 NE OF NW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • FROM INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH & BIRCHUM SPRINGS RDS,S ALONG BIRCHUM SPRINGS RD, KEEPING RIGHT, FOR APPROX. 4 MILES, THEN SE ALONG MOSCOW SPRINGS RD APPROX, . 6 MILE, CLAIM MARKER LOCATED S OFRD ACROSS SMALL DRAW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48173, 35.89026
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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-Operator
    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

  • NO EVIDENCE OF WORKINGS.

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 STREAMCHANNEL.
Deposit ONLY ONE CLAIM MAKER FOUND, NO PAPERS; AREA THROUGHLY INVESTIGATED WITH NO SOGN OF WORKINGS, I AM THEREFORE ASSUMING IT WAS A PLACER CLAIM ALONG AN INTERMITTENT CHANNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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