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Unnamed Prospect

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140992
MAS/MILS ID 0060711689
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gypsum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.66447, 35.64309 (WGS84)
Elevation 661
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owl Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018 N 003 E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Selenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.66447, 35.64309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90W
    Dip 15S
    Thickness 6M
    Length 1143M
    Width 46M
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N90W:15S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830519
  • Strike N90W
    Dip 05S
    Thickness 3.7M
    Length 5180M
    Width 220M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N90W:05S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830519
  • Area 25HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 25
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • EROSION. M1C2. RESOURCE IS RESULT OF WEATHERING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Owl Hole Spring

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Interest 100
    Home office California

Comments on the production information

  • THERE HAS BEEN NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M2C2=M1C1+M1C2. M1C2 IS CONSIDERED LOW GRADE BECAUSE THE SELENITE WILL NOT GRIND PROPERLY; IT SPLITS ALONG CRYSTAL SURFACES GRADE AND QUANTITY IS SHOWN AS PERCENT GYPSUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 14-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 21, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAY-1993 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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