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La Colorado Mine

Past Producer in Imperial 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065042
MRDS ID TC40033
Record type Site
Current site name La Colorado Mine
Alternate or previous names Colorado
Related records 10163184

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83636, 32.9159 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.6 MILES NE OF OGILBY SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hedges(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014S 020E 26 SE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83636, 32.9159
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 30-35W
    Width 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Comments on the production information

  • NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WORKINGS AT 20 FT AND 50 FT. AT 20 FEET: 170 FT HORIZONTAL WORKINGS. AT 50 FEET: 140 FT OF DRIFT AND 45 FT OF CROSSCUTS. TO SW IS A 90 FT SHAFT, 28 FT DEEP WITH STOPING AT THE BOTTOM. 1000 FT SE , 300 FT OF WORKS OF AN ADIT DRIVEN S10E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 54

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN GRANITE. 20 FT APART ON THE HORIZONTAL; COMPOSED MOSTLY OF QUARTZ, ALTERED WALL ROCK; HANGING WALL IN EACH ZONE HAS LESS THAN 1 IN OF CLAYEY GOUGE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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