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Coffee Pot Prospect

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065045
MRDS ID TC40036
Record type Site
Current site name Coffee Pot Prospect
Alternate or previous names Coffee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81608, 32.89479 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.3 MILES NE OF OGILBY SIDING.

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015S 020E 1 NE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Gangue
Cuprite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Tenorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Tumco Formation
    Rock description Tumco Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81608, 32.89479
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 30SE
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW GRANITE PEGMATITE DIKES INTRUDED PARALLEL TO BEDDING PLANES. CONTAINS SOME SPOTTY MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Comments on the production information

  • 200 TONS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 FT SHAFT INCLINED 30 DEGREES SE. SMALL STOPE AT 15 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. 191.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 50.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABULAR ZONE PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN PREC? METAMORPHICS. COMPOSED OF ALTERED ARKOSITE, MANY SUBPARALLEL FRACTURES CONTAINING CU-OXIDES. LENGTH DESCRIBED AS TENS OF FEET.

Reporter information

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

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