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Peg Log 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. 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 10065064
MRDS ID TC40059
Record type Site
Current site name Peg Log Prospect
Related records 10139454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.23442, 33.252 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES SE SALVATION PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pegleg Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010S 017E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • 16 MILES EAST OF NILAND, NE SIDE OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 85NE
    Width 1.52M

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

  • 50 FT AND 75 FT SHAFTS. 75 FT SHAFT USED AS WELL.

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. 123.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 57.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN ALASKITE DIKE. DIKE PARALLELS VEIN. OBSCURE CONTACT WITH FINE-GRAINED GRANITE. VEIN CONTAINS FE-STAINED QUARTZ AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF CU.

Reporter information

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

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