Indian Rose

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048783
MRDS ID MP90008
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Rose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.78413, 32.9834 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hedges(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)

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 Imperial

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS DEPOSITED ON TERTIARY CHANNEL OF THE YUBA RIVER TRENDING NORTH TO NORTHWEST, ARE WELL-CEMENTED, AND CONTAIN A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF QUARTZ, CAPPED BY THICK UNIT OF FINE GRAVEL. BEDROCK CONSISTS OF SOME SLATE AND CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-1992, SOUTHAM BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS INC., CON MILLS ONTARIO, CANADA (ANNUAL)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES LITTLE YORK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUL-1995 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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