Mission Gold Mines

The Mission Gold Mines is a gold mine located in Riverside 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: Mission Gold Mines  

State:  California

County:  Riverside

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.98944, -115.69056

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Mission Gold Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mission Gold Mines
Secondary: Huff-Lane


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Riverside
District: Pinto Basin


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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): 600 FT DEEP SHAFT: AT 122 FT LEVEL 533 FT DRIFT N AND 191 FT SOUTH, AT 388 FT LEVEL A RAISE ON VEIN TO THE SURFACE 120 FT, 400 FT DRIFTS AT THE 400 FT LEVEL AND 600 FT LEVELS.

Comment (Production): 4 SHIPMENTS OF ORE AT $43 AU/TON.

Comment (Location): BETULIA IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY. Typo in Latitude of original was fixed.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ABANDONED AS OF 1980.


References

Reference (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. 139

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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