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Marcella Prospect

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064343
MRDS ID TC38686
Record type Site
Current site name Marcella Prospect
Alternate or previous names Imperial Buttes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4536, 33.3595 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI NE OF NILAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris Wash(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

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 09S 15E 30 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • S TIP OF SMALL HILL AT SW BASE OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4536, 33.3595
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 45W
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW RHYOLITIC DIKE EXPOSED AT THE TOP OF THE HILL TO W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range

Comments on the production information

  • 100 TONS OF ORE: 7.4% PB, 2.5% CU, 0.96 OZ AG, 0.11 OZ AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED, 75 FT DEEP SHAFT.

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. 92

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN SCHIST, SPARSE BLUE COPPER STAINING IN PARTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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