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Un-Named Prospect Pit

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. 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 10095287
MRDS ID M025019
Record type Site
Current site name Un-Named Prospect Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46561, 35.77526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1198
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5.1 AIRLINE MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF TOWN OF TRONA, Brunton Triangulation To Prominent Localities

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 SE OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD & SILVER VALUES SPECULATIVE UNTIL ASSAY RESULTS RECEIVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46561, 35.77526
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S.47 W
    Dip UNDETERMINED

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 4.57M
    Overall depth 0.91M
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 0.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE TRENCH FILLED WITH SLOPE WASH, SCATTERED VEIN MATERIAL COLLECTED IN AREA FOR SAMPLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A SMALL EXPLORATORY PIT TO DETERMINE LIMITS OF A QUARTZ-RICH MINERALIZED ZONE. ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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