| Deposit ID | 10036262 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Summit Lode |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.48534, 35.94137 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1730 |
| Relative position | APPROX 1.5 MILES NW OF BIRCHUM SPRINGS, APPROX. 5 MILES DUE E OF INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH, AND BIRCHAM SPR RDS |
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)
Panamint Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Inyo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 023S | 042E | 18 | NE OF NW OF NE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -117.48534, 35.94137 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range/Walker Lane |
| General form | INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25W |
| Dip | 60SW |
| Thickness | 0.41M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Argus |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Naval Weapons Center |
| Home office | China Lake, Ca. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.001HA |
| Length | 3.05M |
| Overall depth | 1.52M |
| Overall length | 6.1M |
| Overall width | 2.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025010 |
OBSERVATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | APPROX 2 FT OF VEIN VISIBLE IN PIT, LOOK AS THOUGH IT SHOULD PINCH& SWELL SINCE IT IS WITHIN A SHEAR ZONE; IT COULD , HOWEVER, PINCH OUT. |
| Deposit | SMALL FEATURE, PIT SITS ON RIDGE WITH NO SIGNS OF MINERALIZATION ON EITHER SIDE.SUMMIT LODE, PROSPECT PIT NOT A SHAFT WAS FOUND APPROX 1 MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MTN. SPRINGS CANYON, BIRCHUM SPRINGS AND JUNCTION RANCH ROADS. QTZ VEIN 16 IN. WIDE WAS FOUND WITHIN A SHEAR ZONE IN DECOMPOSED GRANITE. THE VEIN CONTAINED SPECULAR HEMAHITE, EPIDOTE IS A FILL ALONG CRACKS, GALENA (?), AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF CHRYSCOLLA AND MN-DENDRITES. WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE EDGE OF A SMALL RIDGE; THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF THE VEIN ALONG EITHER THE N OR S EDGES OFTHIS RIDGE, THIS IMPLIES A DEPOSIT OF LIMITED SIZE, POSSIBLY 30-40 FT ALONG STRIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) | Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division |
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