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Mmj Mine

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 10065068
MRDS ID TC40064
Record type Site
Current site name Mmj Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77857, 32.83452 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.7 MILES NE OF OGILBY.

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)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 021E 29 N2 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) -114.77857, 32.83452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 35NE
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINED SHAFTS 30 FT APART A FEW FEET INTO EACH VEIN. STOPING 30 FT ALONG STRIKE, 20 FT DOWNDIP. SHALLOW CUTS 700 FT TO N.

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. 56

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN QUARTZ MONZONITE, VEIN WALLS ILL DEFINED AND HAVE UNDERGONE QUARTZ REPLACEMENT AND SERICITIZATION. INTERSECTED BY SECOND VEIN AT SE END.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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