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Tee Wee 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10065060
MRDS ID TC40053
Record type Site
Current site name Tee Wee Mine
Related records 10139317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76246, 32.85313 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 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

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

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 015S 021E 16 S2 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE CARGO MUCHACHO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76246, 32.85313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 50NE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.52M

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

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS PRODUCED. CURRENT ACTIVITY UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 FT DRIFT-ADIT 570 FT EAST WITH 27 FT, 15 FT, AND 45 FT RAISES. 27 FT AND 45 FT RAISES REACH SURFACE.

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. 195.

  • 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 VEIN COMPOSED OF ALTERED, SHEARED WALL ROCK, FE STAINED, SPARSE CU-OXIDES, FINE FREE GOLD.

Reporter information

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

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