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Three C's Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065059
MRDS ID TC40052
Record type Site
Current site name Three C's Mine
Alternate or previous names Duncan
Related records 10139633

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50385, 32.85119 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.3 MILES NNW OF LAGUNA DAM., Unknwon

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bard(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 023E 24 NE4 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR COLORADO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue
Wolframite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.50385, 32.85119
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 30SW
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80 FT, 175 FT, 225 FT, AND 285 FT DOWN INCLINE. HORIZONTAL WORKINGS TOTAL 300 FT.

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. 60

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN. HANGING WALL IS MESOZOIC? METACONGLOMERATE, FOOTWALL IS PORPHYROBLASTIC METAGRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-93 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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