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Un-Named Prospect

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Sulfur
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036269
MRDS ID M025021
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45728, 35.77192 (WGS84)
Elevation 1140
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4.5 AIRLINE MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF TOWN OF TRONA, CALIF., Brunton Triangulation To Various Prominent Locations, Brunton Triangulation To Various Prominent Locations

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trona West(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 042E 09 SE OF NW OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILVER & GOLD PRESENCE SPECULATIVE UNTIL ASSAY RESULTS RECEIVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite 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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO OUTCROPS WERE VISIBLE IN IMMEDIATE AREA BUT PREDOMINANT INTRUSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Length 1.52M
    Overall depth 0.91M
    Overall length 1.52M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS IS A CAVED ADIT OR PROSPECT PROBABLY EXPLORING A QUARTZ VEIN OF UNKNOWN ATTITUDE. A SMALL PILE OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ WAS NEARBY AND WAS SAMPLED. CAVING AND COVERING WITH SLOPE WASH LIMIT STUDY OF GEOLOGY AND SIZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.F. DURBIN, G. HOBSON, MAPPING & SAMPLING 4-22-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS WORKING IS A SMALL TRENCH OR CAVED ADIT THAT WAS DEVELOPED TO EXPLORE A VEIN OR SHEAR ZONE. BROKEN SURFACE ROCK OF 600 TO 700 CUBIC WORKINGS BUT SURFACE EXPOSURE IS LIMITED TO 5' BY 5' BY 3' DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Durbin, William F. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

Beyond USGS

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