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Mineral resources and mineral resource potential of the Little Sand Spring Wilderness Study Area, Inyo County, California

1984; United States Department of the Interior; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3133/ofr84557

2332-4899

Chester T. Wrucke, R.S. Werschky, Gary L. Raines, Richard J. Blakely, Donald B. Hoover, Michael S. Miller,

Geological and Geochemical Analysis

The Little Sand Spring Wilderness Study Area, located in relatively subdued mountainous terrain that borders the east side of the north end of Death Valley, was studied in 1981-83 using geologic, geochemical, remote sensing, and geophysical techniques and mine and prospect surveys to evaluate the potential for mineral resources.The area has a moderate potential for silver in vein deposits, a low potential for the occurrence of gold in disseminated deposits, and a low potential for the occurrence of molybdenum in a molybdenum stockwork deposit.Lithium and nonmetallic commodities consisting of carbonate rock, clay, nitrate, perlite, and pumicite were identified in the wilderness study area, but no evidence of a resource potential for them or for oil and gas was identified.Large quantities of sand and gravel are available for local use.