Golden Queen Prospect 1

Past Producer in Imperial 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065054
MRDS ID TC40047
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Queen Prospect 1
Related records 10115410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82747, 32.90507 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.8 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014S 020E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82747, 32.90507

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE WALL ROCK ALTERATION OR SILICIFICATION.

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

  • 400 TONS PRODUCED. UNKNOWN CURRENT ACTIVITY.

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, IRREGULAR STOPE AT 15 FT LEVEL.

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. 52

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR ZONE ADJACENT TO A FAULT TRENDING EW, DIPPING STEEPLY SOUTH IN GRANITE.

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.

Authoritative California resources

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