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Golden Dream Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027249
MRDS ID M002624
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Dream Prospect
Related records 10162304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31467, 32.59425 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF THE LA FORTUNA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fortuna Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 020W 33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.31467, 32.59425
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description This Portion Of The Range Is Made Up Of Gneiss The Lamination Of Which Strikes Approximately East-West And Dips 60 Deg Southward. Considerable Joining And Minor Faulting Are Apparent

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike SE
    Dip S
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gila Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 199

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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