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Golden Alter

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Zinc, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062395
MRDS ID TC35779
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Alter
Related records 10139122

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98582, 32.64563 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coyote Wells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Centro(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

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE JACUMBA WILDERNESS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 11% MN, 0.051% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98582, 32.64563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-65W
    Dip 65NE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.04M
    Length 243.84M
  • Dip 65NE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.43M
    Length 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.27M

Comments on the workings information

  • EIGHT PITS, TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, KRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1711-D, 15 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN STAINED IN PLACES BY IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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