The Un-Named Dry Washer Operation is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.92694, -117.45444
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Un-Named Dry Washer Operation MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Un-Named Dry Washer Operation
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Argus
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Naval Weapons Center
Home Office: China Lake, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range/Walker Lane
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROX 4.75 MILES ALONG BIRCHUM SPRINGS CAMPGROUND RD
Comment (Workings): STREAM CHANNEL, THREE SETS OF RIFFLES CONSTRUCTED FROM BASALT COBBLES ALONG FORKED SECTION OF STREAM
Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVES CAPPED BY BASALTIC LAVA FLOW
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PLACER OPERATION WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE WORK, LOTS OF PREPARATION - NOT MUCH DRY WASHING DONE, GRAVELS LOOKED RELATIVELY UNDESTURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): RODGERS, C.; HUBER, D.; AHENZA MOORE, T.-FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04-83
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