Gulch Placer Mine

The Gulch Placer Mine 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: Gulch Placer Mine  

State:  California

County:  Imperial

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.01639, -114.61889

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Gulch Placer Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gulch Placer Mine
Secondary: California Picacho
Secondary: Picacho Basin


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Imperial
District: Picacho


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): STREAM WASH GRAVEL OF LITTLE PICACHO WASH. GOLD DERIVED FROM LODES IN PICACHO BASIN. WASH RANGES FROM 1000 FT WIDE TO TENS OF FEET AT ITS HEAD.

Comment (Workings): EVIDENCE OF WORKINGS OBSCURED BY EPHEMERAL STREAM ACTIVITY.

Comment (Location): AT PACACHO AND SOUTH FOR TWO MILES.


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. 53

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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