The Waterfall Prospect is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.35444, -118.06083
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Waterfall Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waterfall Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $18/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FLOURITE IS A PRONOUNCED PURPLE COLOR AND IMPORTS AN UNUSUAL AND STRIKING APPEARENCE TO GOLD ORE.
Comment (Deposit): FLOURITIC VEINLETS, FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES IN THICKNESS, IN BELT OF TREMOLITIC WHITE MARBLE, 10-12 FT. IN THICKNESS. LARGER VEINS DESCRIBED AS PEGMATITIC IN APPEARENCE AND COMPOSITION, WITH COARSE ORTHOCLASE, MUSCOVITE AND FLOURITE. HANGING WALL IS A BLACK MICACEOUS HORNFELS. PROPORTION OF FLOURITE VEINLETS TO MASS OF LIMESTONE OR MARBLE TRAVERSED BY THEM IS SMALL. ONLY AT ONE POINT WERE VEINLETS NUMEROUS ENOUGH TO BRING DEPOSIT UP TO ORE GRADE.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. E 1/2 LOC EST. FROM DESC. IN REF.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): METAMORPHIC BELT LIES IN COUNTRY ROCK OF LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1918, INYO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 110, P. 119
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