Golden Quail Claim Group

Plant in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285896
MRDS ID M023682
MAS/MILS ID 0060710107
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Quail Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Gold Chief, Golden Quail
Related records 10035779

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.30583, 35.21391 (WGS84)
Elevation 1645
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013 N 016 E 18 W2NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.30583, 35.21391

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Quail Resources Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 3411000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.4 g/mt Gold Major 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 107, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-8, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 10, PLATES 5 AND 6.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NAOTIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 417, P. 151.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V105 N7, 2-16-94, P.1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-1996 Mayerle, Ronald T. 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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