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Producer 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109483
MRDS ID M025013
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46701, 35.94387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.3 MILES NE OF BIRCHUM SPRINGS, 1.6 MILES E BY NE FROM INTERSECTI ON OF MTN. SPRINGS CANYON, BIRCHUM SPRING AND JUNCTION RANCH RDS, Within A Radius Of 200 Ft., Within A Radius Of 200 Ft.

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)

Panamint Valley(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 021S 042E 08 SE OF SW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • 0.6 MILES NE OF BIRCHUM SPRINGS CAMPSITE TURNOFF, TURN LEFT 0.2 MI LES NW - DRY WASHER LOCATED ON W SIDE AND APPROX 35 FT FROM ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46701, 35.94387
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Channel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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 Surface
    Length 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT UPSTREAM OF DRY WASHER 6 FT WIDE X 2 FT HIGH DAMN ALONG W C HANNEL OF STREAM; DRY WASHED DOWN TO ROAD AND 50 FT NE OF ROAD

Comments on development

  • DRY WASHING OPERATIONS... PLACERING SMALL INTERMITTANT STREAMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBSON,G., ATIENZA MOORE, T.-FIELD, INVESTIGATIONS, N WC, 04/83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE OF STREAM GRAVELS HERE AND CHANNELS CROSSI NG ROAD TO BIRCHUM SPRINGS, OPERATION PROBABLY COVERED S 1/2 NE 1/4 - S 18, N 1/2 NW 1/4 - S17, S 1/2 SE 1/4 - S8; T21S, R42E. ; 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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