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Alice Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100848
MRDS ID TC38803
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Mine
Related records 10236915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51163, 34.05477 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF VIDAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vidal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 001S 023E 25,36 California

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF RIVERSIDE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51163, 34.05477
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike NW
    Dip 60NE
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 20,000 TONS AVERAGE 0.4 OZ AU AND 1-2% CU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS: LOWER DRIVEN 490 FT SE ON VEIN WITH A WINZE 225 FT DEEP, UPPER DRIVEN SE 250 FT ON VEIN, TUNNELS ARE CONNECTED BY A RAISE ON THE VEIN OF 125 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 127

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS IN GNEISSOID GRANITE AND SCHIST, 0.4 OZ AU AND 1-3% CU PER TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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