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Chuckwalla Wash Prospect

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061546
MRDS ID TC34453
Record type Site
Current site name Chuckwalla Wash Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89165, 34.91946 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES NW OF NEEDLES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 10N 20E 27,33,34,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • N FLANK OF SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, JUST SOUTH OF BANNCOCK SIDING ON THE SANTA FE RAILROAD. LAT/LONG IS FOR ONE OF THE PROSPECTS MARKED IN NE/4 OF SECTION 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLEAR ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HYDROTHERMAL HEMATITE AND GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Bornite Ore
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result INITIAL SAMPLING SHOWS 26% OF ANALYSES AVERAGE .19% OZ/T AU WITH CU VALUES IN THE 1-5% RANGE. SOME BARITE CARRIES UP TO 102 OZ/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89165, 34.91946
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • KNOWN COPPER-GOLD VEINS AT CHUCKWALLA ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE PERIPHERAL TO THE GOLD BRECCIA-PIPE AT COLOSSEUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • SANTA FE PACIFIC RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLING IN 1991, DRILLED BY ECHO BAY IN 1990, SANTA FE PACIFIC HAS DONE SAMPLING, GROUND MAGNETIC AND VLF RESISTIVITY SURVEYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEET

  • Deposit

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERALLY EW TRENDING MINERALIZED BELTS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY 100-300 FOOT ZONES OF NARROW CALCITE +/- QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1993 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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