The Great Divide is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,659 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: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.88556, -117.45528
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Great Divide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Divide
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Naval Weapons Center
Home Office: China Lake, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range / Walker Lane
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SMALL TEST PITS DUG ALONG BLOCKY QTZ OUTCROPPING
Comment (Geology): NO QTZ VISIBLE ON FAR SIDE OF DRAW THIS IMPLIES THE VEIN IS CUT OF F TO THE N BY A NW TRENDING FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE QTZ WITH FE - STAINING AND OCCASIONAL BLEBS OF SPECULAR HE MATITE. VEIN OUT CROPS ALONG A RIDGE, TREADING N32E AND IS PARALLED BY A RIDGE TO THE W W/APLITE OUTCROPPINGS; VEIN IS CUT TO THE N BY A DRA W NO QTZ IS VISIBLE ON FAR SIDE OF DRAW. AREA IS DIFFICULT TO REACH YO U WOULD NEED A GOOD DEPOSIT AND FAIRLY EXTENSIVE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Commodity): BLOCKY QTZ, STRONG FE-STAINING, BLEBS OF SPECULAR HEMATITE
Comment (Location): FROM INTERSECTION OF MTN SPRINGS CANYON, JUNCTION RANCH, AND BIRCH UM SPRINGS ROADS, HEAD S ALONG BIRCHAM SPRINGS RD, KEEPING RIGHT, FOR APPROX 4 MILES; THEN HEAD SE ALONG MOSCOW SPRINGS RD APPROX 1 MILE AND THEN NE APPROX. 5 MILES TO RUBY LODE MINE RD, ROAD LEADING TO LITTLE STAR PROSPECT CAN BE SEEN FROM THIS ROAD AS A TRAIL HEADING ACCROSS A SADDLE IN THE RIDGE TO THE EAST.
Comment (Development): THIS CLAIM BOUGHT BY NWC (NOTS 466) AS PART OF THE GREAT DIVIDE O WNED BY EARLE C. WASHMUTH.
Comment (Deposit): QTZ OUTCROP NOT TRACEABLE NE ACCROSS DRAW. PARALLELS AN APLITE DI KE OUTCROPPING ALONG THE RIDGE TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPROUSE, D.; ATIENZA MOORE, T-FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04/83
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