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Gold Chief Claim

Past Producer in San Diego 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. 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 10304784
MAS/MILS ID 0060730811
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Chief Claim
Alternate or previous names Mine Canyon, Golden Artery, Chief of the Hills Claim, W & J Claims, Artery Consolidated Claims, Comet Claim, Donohue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.77444, 32.59787 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Otay Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood-Tijuana(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018 S 002 E 21 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.77444, 32.59787
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
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. 35, 1939, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 3, 1963, P. 123-

  • Deposit

    124.

  • Deposit

    CAUSEY, J. D., AND SCHMAUCH, S. W., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF THE SOUTHERN OTAY MOUNTAIN AND WESTERN OTAY MOUNTAIN

  • Deposit

    WSA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 31-87, TABLE 1, NO. 8, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1991 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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