The Un-Named Adit-Mountain Springs Cyn. is a iron mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,820 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: 4,820 Feet (1,469 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 35.95028, -117.56500
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Un-Named Adit-Mountain Springs Cyn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Un-Named Adit-Mountain Springs Cyn.
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Argus
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INITIAL WORK DONE AT THIS LOCATION WAS PROBABLY DONE AT THE OUTCROPS OF HEMATITE - RICH VEIN WHICH APPEARS SPORADICALLY ALONG A N 45 DEGREES W TO N. 52 DEGREE W. BEARING. THREE SMALL TRENCHES WERE DUG IN THIS VEIN ON BOTH EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE HILL CREST ON NORTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN SPRINGS CYN. TRENCHES RANGE IN ELEVATION FROM APPROX 4780' TO 4828' A TOTAL OF ABOUT 350 CUBIC FEET OF MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIFT WAS DRIVEN LATER TO INTERSECT DOWNWARD EXTENT OF THE VEIN. VEIN PINCHED A VERY SHORT DISTANCE BELOW SURFACE--IT WAS NOT INTERSECTED. AT THE ENTER DRIFT CONSISTS OF ALTERED FG QTZ-K-FELDSPAR-PLAGIDCLASE-BIOTITE APLITE W/CREAMY-WHITE CLAY SEAMS. IT WAS DRIVEN 8' VERTICALLY BELOW THE OUTCROP ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): THE 755 CUBIC FEET LISTED ABOVE IS FOR UNDERGROUND ADIT ONLY- SMALL TRENCH ABOVE ADIT IS 8' LONG X 3 ' X 2'DEEP = 48 CUBIC FEET. TWO OTHER SMALL PITS ON EAST SIDE OF RIDGE ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 300 CUBIC FEET OF MATERIAL - NOTHING APPEARS TO HAVE BEN AWAY
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
California Gold
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