Copper and Gold Prospect

Plant in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212263
MAS/MILS ID 0060270841
Record type Site
Current site name Copper and Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names Water Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.35339, 35.98058 (WGS84)
Elevation 793
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Range Crossing(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

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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 S 043 E 32 C NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.35339, 35.98058

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Noble Minerals Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM GEM CDCA DATA BASE, 1981.

  • Deposit

    HOLDEN, 1976.

  • Deposit

    CA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. MINE FILES. REVIEWED APR 1989.

  • Deposit

    SACRAMENTO, CA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.