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H.C. Gibson-Glamis Pit

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064337
MRDS ID TC38678
Record type Site
Current site name H.C. Gibson-Glamis Pit
Related records 10260578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99722, 33.05423 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.2 MI NE OF GLAMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harpers Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 13S 19E 5 SE California

Comments on the location information

  • SW EDGE OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASPHALT CONCRETE, ROAD BASE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99722, 33.05423
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT RESTS ON PEDIMENTED GNEISS?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. C. Gibson

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 88

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY SAND; GRAVEL IS ANGULAR CLASTS OF VOLCANIC ROCKS, GNEISS, SCHIST, QUARTZ, AND QUARTZITE; MAX SIZE 4", UNCOMMON 2 FT BOULDERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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