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Senator Mine

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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099516
MRDS ID TC40055
Record type Site
Current site name Senator Mine
Alternate or previous names Buena Vista

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.48329, 32.89536 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF IMPERIAL RESERVOIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Imperial Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(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 AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ 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 015S 024E 8 N2 OF NW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF YUMA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.48329, 32.89536
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 70SW
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FILLING IS BRECCIATED INDICATING NEW MOVEMENT AFTER EMPLACEMENT. FAULT IS BOUNDARY BETWEEN QUARTZITE-PHYLLITE-METADIABASE COMPLEX ON NE AND TRI? METACONGLOMERATE TO SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1100 OZ AU FROM UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINED SHAFTS 260 FT APART. SE SHAFT 300 FT WITH DRIFTS ON 100 FT, 180 FT, AND 270 FT LEVELS.

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. 125.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 59.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIES ON A HANGING WALL OF A 20-30 FAULT ZONE. TO THE SE VEIN OCCUPIES A NARROW, ALTERED ZONE OF PHYLLITE AND INTERBEDDED QUARTZ, NW THE HANGING WALL IS A METACONGLOMERATE. FOOTWALL IS BRECCIA AND PHYLLITE.

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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