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Golden Dream

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 10099515
MRDS ID TC40045
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Dream
Related records 10163524

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56468, 33.0334 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.2 MILES NE OF PICACHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(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

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013S 023E 21 NE4 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO COLORADO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56468, 33.0334
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-60E
    Dip 35-90E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 50 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, A FEW SHALLOW OPEN STOPES.

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. 52

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBPARALLEL VEINS IN SCHIST, ZONES 4-6 FT WIDE, 1.00 FT ON SURFACE. ORE MINED MOSTLY FROM 3 VEINS, 150-300 FT APART. MAJOR E-W FAULT CUTS VEINS IN SOUTH. GOLD WITH ABNORMAL AMOUNTS OF SILVER.

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.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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