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Homer Mountain Prospect

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097369
MRDS ID TC34454
Record type Site
Current site name Homer Mountain Prospect
Related records 10286873

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87971, 35.04085 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 30 MILES NW OF NEEDLES, Acc +/- 0.5 Miles

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 11N 19E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • JUST OFF HWY 95, E OF MOJAVE SCENIC AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ARSENIC APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY TRACE ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH MINERALIZATION

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ANOMALOUS SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY 20-406 PPB AU, 200-500 PPB IS COMMON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87971, 35.04085
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK OVER PREC GRANITES AND GNEISSES. TERT ROCKS FRACTURED AND IRON STAINED WITH HEMATITE AND LIMONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc.

Comments on development

  • SANTA FE PACIFIC MAPPED IN MID-1950'S; SANTA FE PACIFIC DID GRID SOIL SAMPLING IN 1992; ECHO BAY SAMPLED IN 1988 AND DRILLED 3 HOLES ALONG STRIKE OF PROJECTED MINERALIZED TRENDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEET

  • Deposit

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR GOLD ZONES ARE APPARENT FROM SURFACE SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY - 1000 TO 1200 FT LENGTHS AND WIDTHS IN THE 200 TO 300 FT RANGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-93 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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