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Quien Sabe Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065062
MRDS ID TC40057
Record type Site
Current site name Quien Sabe Prospect
Related records 10188174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63246, 32.96896 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF PICACHO PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014S 022E 11 NW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 55NE
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINED SHAFTS 125 FT APART, COLLAPSED.

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. 58

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN GNEISS.

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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