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Gold Basin Mine

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities 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. 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 10065053
MRDS ID TC40044
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Basin Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Queen
Related records 10261018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.84886, 33.15701 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.25 MILES SE OF MIDWAY WELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzards Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012S 020E 2 NW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • 18 MILES NE OF GLAMIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.84886, 33.15701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60-70SE

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

  • 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND CROSS-CUT ADIT DRIVEN 100 FT SOUTH FROM NW OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 51.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS NEAR A CONTACT WITH A SILICIC RHYOLITE DIKE UNDERLYING MOST OF HILL. FRACTURES IN RHYOLITE CONTAIN BLUE CU-OXIDE.

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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