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Castle Prospect

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065050
MRDS ID TC40041
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.9783, 33.05535 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.8 MILES NE OF GLAMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013S 019E 9 NE4 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW BASE OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

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. 49

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEATHERED GNEISS OVERLAIN BY 10 FT OF QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM, MOST OF GOLD ADJACENT TO CONTACT WITH GRAVELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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