Summit Lode

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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 10036262
MRDS ID M025010
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Lode

Geographic coordinates

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

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 042E 18 NE OF NW OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • DIFFICULT TO FIND, TRAIL TO PROSPECT PIT NOT VISIBLE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MTN. SPRINGS CANYON, BIRCHUM SPRINGS AND JUNCTION RANCH RDS.APPROX 1 MILE EAST OF ABOVE MENTIONED INTERSECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48534, 35.94137

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION
    Strike N25W
    Dip 60SW
    Thickness 0.41M

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.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT: 10FT X 8FT X 5FT DEEP, SCRATCHING IMMEDIATELY TO THES OF PIT 3X5X1 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MIS-LABELED ON TOPO. MAP, SHOULD BE PROSPECT PIT INSTEAD OF A SHAFT. 10 FT ALONG NS DIRECTION 8 FT ALONG A EW DIRECTION AND 5 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

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

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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Authoritative California resources

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