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Vista

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065057
MRDS ID TC40050
Record type Site
Current site name Vista
Alternate or previous names Desert Gold and Aluminum Gold Delta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81608, 32.88451 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.25 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

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 013S 019E 16 NE4 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW BASE OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Chuckwalla Formation
    Rock description Chuckwalla Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81608, 32.88451
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISS COMPLEXLY INTRUDED BY ACIDIC DIKES BEFORE FAULTING. BRECCIA PART OF FAULT ZONE TRENDING NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT DEEP PIT.

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. 61

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM OVERLYING BRECCIATED GNEISS.

Reporter information

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

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