The Land Group is a gold mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Land Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Land Group
Secondary: Calcite
Secondary: Big Chief
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Chocolate 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
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 50 FT AND 100 FT LEVELS. AT 50 FEET, 70 FT AND 25 FT DRIFTS TO THE SE END AND NW, RESPECTIVELY. AT 100 FEET, 70 FT AND 100 FT DRIFTS TO THE SE AND NW. SMALL PIT 25 FT IN DIAMETER, 15 FT DEEP , 300 FT TO THE NW EXPLORING A REPORTEDLY HIGH GRADE POCKET.
Comment (Deposit): OCCURS IN FRACTURE ZONE IN GNEISSIC AND SHISTOSE ROCKS COMPLEXLY INTRUDED BY FINE GRAIN GRANITIC ROCK. FRACTURE ZONE ABOUT 6 FT WIDE CONTAINS NARROW RAMIFYING VEINS OF CALCITE, QUARTZ, FE-OXIDES AND NATIVE GOLD.
Comment (Location): SW BASE OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Production): LESS THAN 100 TONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 54
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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