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Great Divide

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095285
MRDS ID M025003
Record type Site
Current site name Great Divide

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45618, 35.88554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROX 1.7 MILES SW OF QUAIL SPR; APPROX 2.4 MILES NW OF ARGUS PK; APPROX. 2.8 MILES SW OF RUTH MINE, Within A 500 Ft. Radius, Within A 500 Ft. Radius

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)

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
Mount Diablo 023S 042E 33 SW OF SW OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • FROM INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH, AND BIRCH UM SPRINGS ROADS, HEAD S ALONG BIRCHAM SPRINGS RD, KEEPING RIGHT, FOR APPROX 4 MILES; THEN HEAD SE ALONG MOSCOW SPRINGS RD APPROX 1 MILE AND THEN NE APPROX. 5 MILES TO RUBY LODE MINE RD, ROAD LEADING TO LITTLE STAR PROSPECT CAN BE SEEN FROM THIS ROAD AS A TRAIL HEADING ACCROSS A SADDLE IN THE RIDGE TO THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLOCKY QTZ, STRONG FE-STAINING, BLEBS OF SPECULAR HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45618, 35.88554
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Length 15.24M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO QTZ VISIBLE ON FAR SIDE OF DRAW THIS IMPLIES THE VEIN IS CUT OF F TO THE N BY A NW TRENDING FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer John B. Hovis

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Naval Weapons Center
    Home office China Lake, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL TEST PITS DUG ALONG BLOCKY QTZ OUTCROPPING

Comments on development

  • THIS CLAIM BOUGHT BY NWC (NOTS 466) AS PART OF THE GREAT DIVIDE O WNED BY EARLE C. WASHMUTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPROUSE, D.; ATIENZA MOORE, T-FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04/83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QTZ OUTCROP NOT TRACEABLE NE ACCROSS DRAW. PARALLELS AN APLITE DI KE OUTCROPPING ALONG THE RIDGE TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST.
Deposit MASSIVE QTZ WITH FE - STAINING AND OCCASIONAL BLEBS OF SPECULAR HE MATITE. VEIN OUT CROPS ALONG A RIDGE, TREADING N32E AND IS PARALLED BY A RIDGE TO THE W W/APLITE OUTCROPPINGS; VEIN IS CUT TO THE N BY A DRA W NO QTZ IS VISIBLE ON FAR SIDE OF DRAW. AREA IS DIFFICULT TO REACH YO U WOULD NEED A GOOD DEPOSIT AND FAIRLY EXTENSIVE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

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