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Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095288
MRDS ID M025025
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58868, 35.92109 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUTH OF MOUNTAIN SPRINGS CANYON, Located By Brunton Bearings To Prominent Locations, Located By Brunton Bearings To Prominent Locations

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 19 NE OF SE OF NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD AND SILVER VALUES MAY BE TIED IN TO COPPER-IRON MINERALOGY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite 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) -117.58868, 35.92109

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 58 W
    Dip 65 SW
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 11.89M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer C.G. Schulz

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.004HA

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF: 1 SHAFT IN VEIN-39'DEEP, 65 DEGREE DIP 5 1/2 'LONG, 5 FEET WIDE 2 SHAFT IN VEIN-CAVED, TOP IS 4 1/2'LONG, 3 1/2'WID E, TOP 2' OF SHAFT EXPOSED 3 10' OF DRIFT ALONG VIEN STRIKE SO. OF 1 S HAFT, DRIFT AVERAGE HEIGHT = 6'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W. F. DURBIN, GARY HOBSON - RECONNAISANCE, MAPPING, & SAMPLING COMP LETED 4-14-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SMALL GROUP OF WORKINGS EXPOSED PARTIAL EXTENT OF A COPPER-IR ON-PRECIOUS METAL-BEARING SHEAR ZONE. CAVED SHAFTS MAY HAVE EXTENDED D EEPER DOWN DIP. APPROXIMATELY 80' OF SHEAR ZONE IS EXPOSED ALONG STRIK E. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THERE IS NO SURFACE EXPRESSION OF THE VEIN MATERIAL EXCEPT IN THE WORKINGS. AREA MOSTLY COVERED BY SLOPE WASH

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.

Authoritative California resources

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