Cahuilla (Modoc)

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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400459
Record type Deposit
Current site name Cahuilla (Modoc)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.066, 33.366 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seventeen Palms(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.066, 33.366

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Modoc Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and private landowners
    Interest 100
    Year 2010
  • Type Lessor
    Owner Consolidated Goldfields Corp
    Year 2010

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2010
    Total resources 45000000mt
    Remarks Wakefield (2007)?
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 0.62 g/mt Gold Primary 2010

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wakefield, T., and Orbock, E., III, April 18, 2007, Gibellini Property, Eureka County, Nevada for RMP Resources Inc.: AMEC, 126 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-10 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.