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Red Cloud Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064454
MRDS ID TC38828
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.43749, 33.60311 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH OF DESERT CENTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Cloud Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007S 015E 5 California

Comments on the location information

  • CHUCKWALLA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.43749, 33.60311
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 60E
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $100,000 OF AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS: GREAT WESTERN IS 480 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS AT 100 FT, 150 FT, 210 FT, 250FT, 350 FT; WHITE WINGS IS 267 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS AT 100 FT, 200FT, 275 FT, 300 FT; A TUNNEL DRIVEN 250 FT NORTH ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 141-2

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT OF A GRANITE PORPHYRY HANGING WALL AND GNEISSOID GRANITE WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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