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Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036261
MRDS ID M025009
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50284, 35.89609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROX 3.7 MILES NE OF STAR OF THE WEST; APPROX. 4.4 MILES SE OF M AMMOTH MINE, Within A 500 Ft. Radius, Within A 500 Ft. Radius

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 023S 041E 25;36 SE OF SW OF SW (25); NW OF NE OF SW OF SW OF NE OF SE OF SE OF NE (36) California

Comments on the location information

  • S ALONG BIRCHUM SPRINGS RD APPROX. 4 MILES FROM ITS INTERSECTION W ITH MTN SPRINGS CANYON RD., THEN APPROX. 1 MILE W ALONG ACCESS RD TO C ABIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite 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) -117.50284, 35.89609
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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

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.

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 SITES, ALL INACCESSIBLE. WORKINGS ARE CLUSTERED AROUND CABIN: F IRST GROUP (ELEV. 5840 FT.), 2 ADITS & PROSPECT, PIT ARE NW FROM CABIN AT HEAD OF DRAW; SECOND GROUP ARE EAST FROM CABIN (ELEV. 5700 FT), 2 PROSPECT PITS PLUS 2 PROSPECT ADITS; THIRD SET, 1 PROSPECT ADIT-APPROX S ACROSS CANYON FROM CABIN AND 1 PROSPECT PIT E OF ADIT ALONG CANYON WALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASED ON SAMPLES TAKEN PROSPECT DOESN'T LOOK REAL PROMISING. ; 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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