Waterfall Prospect

The Waterfall Prospect is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Waterfall Prospect  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

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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