Mine detail: Mesquite Mine

Previously called 'Big ChiefVistaRainbowLena Gold Bug PitsCherokee'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.10007, -114.9508

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN, BRECCIA

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	EARLY 190 * SMALL-SCALE LOAD AND DRY PLACER MINES. 1986 TO PRESENT OPEN PIT.

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Part Of The Eastern Margin Of The Salton Trough., Fractures And Breccia.
Tectonic:	Ne & Nw Striking Thrust, Normal, And Strike Slip Faults Of The Neogene San Andreas Fault System.
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Zone Extends Several Hundred Feet Below Ground; Clayey Gouge; Dilute Hydrothermal.

References

MRDS	W700453
DEP	10085021
Reference	{Deposit:: SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, JANUARY, 1988, P. 4A-6A.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, 186 P.}{Deposit:: HIGGINS, C.T., 1990, MESQUITE MINE, A MODERN EXAMPLE OF THE QUEST FOR GOLD, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 3, P. 51-56.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1989, P.44.}{Deposit:: PAY DIRT, APRIL 1986, P. 4A-7A.}{Deposit:: WILLIS, GERALD F., 1987, GEOLOGY & MINERALIZATION OF THE MESQUITE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE, ABSTRACT IN GSA SYMPOSIUM, SPARKS, NEVADA, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, P. 52-53.}{Production:: SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, JANUARY, 1988, P. 11A.; HIGGINS, 1990, P. 55.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Bolm, Karen S., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)