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Desert Center Claim

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034157
MRDS ID M020866
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Center Claim
Related records 10164492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.17387, 33.60366 (WGS84)
Relative position CHUCK WALLA MTS., 8 MILES SOUTH OF DESERT CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Mines(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006S 017E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.17387, 33.60366
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 30 S
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL RECORDED PRODUCTION OF GOLD-SILVER, BASE METAL RECOVERY NOT REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 75 FT. CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH A 20 FT. DRIFT, ALSO A 25 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 602

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 : MINERAL RESOURCES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 148

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , P. 602

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS ADJACENT TO A BASIC DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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