Coffee Pot Prospect

The Coffee Pot Prospect is a gold mine located in Imperial county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Coffee Pot Prospect  

State:  California

County:  Imperial

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 32.89472, -114.81528

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Coffee Pot Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Coffee Pot Prospect
Secondary: Coffee


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Imperial
District: Cargo Muchacho Mountains


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Cuprite
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Tenorite


Comments

Comment (Production): 200 TONS PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): TABULAR ZONE PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN PREC? METAMORPHICS. COMPOSED OF ALTERED ARKOSITE, MANY SUBPARALLEL FRACTURES CONTAINING CU-OXIDES. LENGTH DESCRIBED AS TENS OF FEET.

Comment (Workings): 65 FT SHAFT INCLINED 30 DEGREES SE. SMALL STOPE AT 15 FT LEVEL.

Comment (Geology): NARROW GRANITE PEGMATITE DIKES INTRUDED PARALLEL TO BEDDING PLANES. CONTAINS SOME SPOTTY MINERALIZATION.


References

Reference (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. 191.

Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 50.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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