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Guadalupe Mine

Occurrence 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. 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 10065047
MRDS ID TC40038
Record type Site
Current site name Guadalupe Mine
Alternate or previous names Guadaloupe
Related records 10139616

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76607, 32.86507 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NE OF OGILBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ogilby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 021E 16 NW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL CARGO MUCHACHO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76607, 32.86507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 45SE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 240 FT, INCLINED AT 45 DEGREES. AT 40 FT LEVEL 50 FT DRIFTS DRIVEN IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ALONG VEIN. SW DRIFT CROSSCUT 20 FT INTO HANGING WALL. NE CROSSCUTS DRIVEN 30 FT AND 25 FT INTO HANGING WALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 53.

  • 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. 193.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN WELL FOLIATED QUART DIORITE, COMPOSED MAINLY OF QUARTZ AND FAULT GOUGE. SUBPARALLEL IS A FELSITE DIKE 20 FT WIDE, 10-30 FT INTO THE HANGING WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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Authoritative California resources

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