Imperial Buttes Mine

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076589
MRDS ID W023681
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Buttes Mine
Related records 10139392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45304, 33.36867 (WGS84)
Elevation 265

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009S 015E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SALTON SEA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45304, 33.36867

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES REPT-IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIF DIV OF MINES BULL 144

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.