Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Inyo | county |
California | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Trona East | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Ridgecrest | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Trona | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Indian Wells-Searles Valleys | hydrologic unit |
Northern Mojave | hydrologic accounting unit |
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake | hydrologic subregion |
California | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
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Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) | CA | Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic |
Precambrian rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Death Valley) | CA | Early Proterozoic to Mesozoic |
Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits | CA | Pleistocene to Holocene |
Plio-Pleistocene and Pliocene loosely consolidated deposits | CA | Miocene to Pleistocene |
Tertiary volcanic flow rocks, unit 16 (Northern Mojave Desert) | CA | Tertiary (4-22 Ma) |
ID | Data type | Description |
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Kingman-Trona | M-D | Kingman-Trona 18901 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of CA |
Pilot Knob | M-D | Pilot Knob 9462 line km with spacing 0.53 km over parts of CA |
Searles Lake | M-Dz | Searles Lake 426 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of CA |
Trona | M/R-D | Trona 5157 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of CA |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
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SB06 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
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Mojave | Lateral-extensional orogen | Central and Southwest |
Tract | Deposit Type | |
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Searles | potash-bearing brine | Geologic factors would impede development |
Sample ID | Date collected | Sample type |
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5210772 | 1979-05-12 | Stream sediment sample from dry stream, sieved to greater than 149 microns (+100 mesh) but less than 1,000 microns (-18 mesh), and dried (if necessary) at less than or equal to 110øC. |
5210773 | 1979-05-12 | Stream sediment sample from dry stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh), and dried (if necessary) at less than or equal to 110øC. |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
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Ophir | Past Producer | PB ZN AG AU CU |
Ophir Mine | Past Producer | PB CU AU AG ZN |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
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Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Feature ID | Feature type | Feature name |
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Mine Shaft | point | |
Mine Shaft | point | Ophir Mine |
Mine Shaft | point | |
Mine Shaft | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Mine Shaft | point | |
Mine Shaft | point | Ophir Mine |
Mine Shaft | point | |
Adit | point | |
Adit | point | |
Adit | point | |
Adit | point | |
Adit | point |