A Au mining area located on the eastern margin of the Salton Trough.
Mineralization is related to fractures and breccia. Plutonic rocks are present in the area.
Related tectonic structures include NE- & NW-striking thrust, normal, and strike slip faults of the Neogene San Andreas Fault System.
Production data are found in: Southwestern Pay Dirt, January, 1988: 11A; and, in Higgins (1990): 55.
References
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193, 186 pp.
Pay Dirt (1986) (April): 4A-7A.
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: 52-53.
Southwestern Pay Dirt (1988) (January): 4A-6A.
Mining Magazine (1989) (January): 44.
Higgins, C.T. (1990), Mesquite Mine, A Modern Example of the Quest for Gold, Imperial County, California: California Geology: 43(3): 51-56.
Economic Geology (1992): 87: 2002-2022.
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