Gold Dollar Group

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064435
MRDS ID TC38804
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dollar Group
Related records 10236846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51802, 34.04116 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF VIDAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vidal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 001S 023E 35,36 California

Comments on the location information

  • RIVERSIDE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51802, 34.04116

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N15W
    Dip 60E
    Width 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER TUNNEL S50E, 80 FT TO VEIN THEN S15W, 225 FT ON VEIN, 80 FT FROM CROSSCUT WINZE IS DROPPED 60 FT (WHERE VEIN IS FAULTED), LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH 500 FT.

Comments on development

  • PILOT SAMPLES FROM ORE SHOOT IN WINZE SHOW 0.70 OZ AU/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 131

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE-BEARING VEIN BETWEEN MICA SCHIST HANGING WALL AND LIMESTONE FOOTWALL, VEIN FAULT ED ON SE END.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason 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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