Occidental Mine

Prospect 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187765
MRDS ID TC40062
MAS/MILS ID 0060250225
Record type Site
Current site name Occidental Mine
Alternate or previous names Occidental Group
Related records 10065066

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.77659, 32.84697 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ogilby(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015 S 021 E 20 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.77659, 32.84697

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, P. 123.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    4 MI NORTH OF OGILBY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-NOV-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.