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St. Joseph Mine

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163524
MRDS ID TC40045
MAS/MILS ID 0060250279
Record type Site
Current site name St. Joseph Mine
Alternate or previous names White Gold Basin Mine, Albert Polhamus, Alcyon, Alfonso, Gold Chain, Gold Hill, Gold Prince, Gold Princess, Gold Queen, Golden Sunshine, Jita, Oriental, Oro Blanco, Ponce De Leon, Golden Dream Mine, Gold Crown
Related records 10099515

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.56019, 33.03197 (WGS84)
Elevation 85
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(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

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013 S 023 E 21 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.56019, 33.03197
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    21 MI NNE OF YUMA ARIZ 3.2 MI N 80 E OF PICACHO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.