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Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036266
MRDS ID M025017
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53257, 36.02304 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARRICUT LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louisiana Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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
022S 041E 15 SE OF SE OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • 3.7 AIRLINE MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION RANCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite 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) -117.53257, 36.02304
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluids Intruding Along Joints Or Fractures In Mesozoic Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus Mining

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WAS CAVED. DUMP VOLUME WAS SMALL (UNDER 1000 CUBIC FEET). IF AN AVERAGE DRIFT OF 5 FEET HIGH BY 5 FEET WIDE, DRIFT LENGTH WAS PROB ABLY 40 FEET OR LESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.F. DURBIN, G. HOBSON, MAPPING AND SAMPLING 4-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS WORKING WAS DEVELOPED TO EXPLORE THE LIMITS OF A QUARTZ-RICH MINERALIZED VEIN. IT HAS NO SURFACE EXPRESSION THAT IS RECOGNIZABLE AN D THE ADIT IS CAVED. VEIN MATERIAL AND HOST ROCK DETERMINED FROM DUMP EXAMINATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Durbin, William F. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

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