Imperial Lode Mine Imperial Proj

Plant in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163853
MAS/MILS ID 0060250178
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Lode Mine Imperial Proj
Alternate or previous names Imperial Lode Mine, Imperial, Imperial Project, Imperial County Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.8302, 32.93177 (WGS84)
Elevation 208
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 014 S 020 E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.8302, 32.93177

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Imperial

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glamis Gold Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
    First year 1993
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Glamis Gold Exploration, Inc.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1993
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Glamis Gold Inc. (Sub Of Glamis Gold Ltd.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 81497000mt ore
    Total resources 81497000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.583 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 80526000mt ore
    Total resources 80526000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.583 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 81556000mt ore
    Total resources 81556000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.583 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 85312000mt ore
    Total resources 85312000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.583 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Measured 74048000mt ore
    Indicated 12251000mt ore
    Demonstrated 86299000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.549 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 11265000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.549 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 86299000mt ore
    Inferred 11265000mt ore
    Total resources 97564000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.549 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEPARATE ORE GRADES FOR THE PROVEN AND PROBABLE ORE WERE NOT GIVEN, ONLY THEIR WT AVG GRADE.
  • PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES, 12/31/96, DOES NOT INCLUDED ANY MINERALIZED MATERIAL; ADIT CAPACITY AVG ORE CAPACITY OF 10 YR LIFE OF OPERATION:

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P 9.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #??, AUG 21 & 31, 1996, P7.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 108-109.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, PP. 123-124.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P13.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P9, & INSERT.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, PLATE 1, NO. 56.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P230.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P158.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #??, AUG 21 & 31, 1996, P7.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 108, 109

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, PP. 123, 124.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE/PROPERTY IS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF THE PICACHO MINE, WHICH IS ALSO OWNED/OPED BY GLAMIS GOLD INC.,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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