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Un-Named Adit-Mountain Springs Cyn.

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036273
MRDS ID M025026
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named Adit-Mountain Springs Cyn.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5659, 35.95026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1469
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN SPRINGS CANYON - N 2 MILES UP CYN., Brunton Bearings To Owens Peak And Jerit 3a Lode Workings

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
023S 041E 09 SW OF SW OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Clay Gangue
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) -117.5659, 35.95026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N45 W TO N52 W
    Dip 75 NORTHERLY

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 BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.007HA
    Overall length 11.28M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE 755 CUBIC FEET LISTED ABOVE IS FOR UNDERGROUND ADIT ONLY- SMALL TRENCH ABOVE ADIT IS 8' LONG X 3 ' X 2'DEEP = 48 CUBIC FEET. TWO OTHER SMALL PITS ON EAST SIDE OF RIDGE ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 300 CUBIC FEET OF MATERIAL - NOTHING APPEARS TO HAVE BEN AWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INITIAL WORK DONE AT THIS LOCATION WAS PROBABLY DONE AT THE OUTCROPS OF HEMATITE - RICH VEIN WHICH APPEARS SPORADICALLY ALONG A N 45 DEGREES W TO N. 52 DEGREE W. BEARING. THREE SMALL TRENCHES WERE DUG IN THIS VEIN ON BOTH EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE HILL CREST ON NORTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN SPRINGS CYN. TRENCHES RANGE IN ELEVATION FROM APPROX 4780' TO 4828' A TOTAL OF ABOUT 350 CUBIC FEET OF MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIFT WAS DRIVEN LATER TO INTERSECT DOWNWARD EXTENT OF THE VEIN. VEIN PINCHED A VERY SHORT DISTANCE BELOW SURFACE--IT WAS NOT INTERSECTED. AT THE ENTER DRIFT CONSISTS OF ALTERED FG QTZ-K-FELDSPAR-PLAGIDCLASE-BIOTITE APLITE W/CREAMY-WHITE CLAY SEAMS. IT WAS DRIVEN 8' VERTICALLY BELOW THE OUTCROP ; 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

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