Picacho Mine (Goshen; Helen May; Tierra Rica; Mina Rica; St. George; California Gold King; Picacho Basin; Picacho Gold; Golden Rule; Venus; Jayne; Golden Casket; Dulciana; Mars), Picacho, Picacho District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA
Latitude: 32°57'44"N
Longitude: 114°38'37"W
A former Au mine located 7.4 km (4.6 miles) SSW of Picacho and about 20 miles N of Yuma, California. Additional names which pertain to this locality: Mars Extension Mine; Eastern California Mine; Apache Mine.
Reserve-Resource data are found in: Glamis Gold Ltd. Annual Report, 1985; Glamis Gold Ltd. Annual Report, 1993; Glamis Gold Ltd., 07/95 - 12/95 Form 10-K: pp. 12, 25; Glamis Gold Ltd., 1996 Form 10-K, pp. 13, 26; Glamis Gold Ltd., 1996 Annual Report insert.
References
Tucker, W. Burling (1926), Imperial, Inyo Counties: California Mining Bureau. (Report 22): 22: 260-261.
California Journal of Mines and Geology, Division of Mines (1942) (Report 38): 38: 124.
Morton, P.K. (1977) Mines and mineral resources of Imperial County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology County Report 7, 104 pp.: 57-58.
Glamis Gold Ltd. (1984), Annual Report, 1984.
Mining Journal (1985): 487 (12/27/85).
Global Markets (1985): vol. 2(8) (12/06/85).
London Mining Journal (1986): vol. 306: 387 (05/30/86).
George Cross Newsletter(1986): No. 55 (03/19/86).
California Division of Mines and Geology (1990), Mines and mineral producers active in California (1988-89), California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, Special Publication 103.
Randol Mining Directory (1990, 1991, 1993).
Glamis Gold Inc. (1991), Annual Report, 1991.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Chemgold, Inc. Picacho Mine, Dulcina pit, Phase II, Imperial County, California (1991).
The Mining Record(1996): 107(34): 7 (8-21-96).
Glamis Gold Ltd (1996) Form 10-K: pp. 11, 27.
Glamis Gold Ltd. (1996), 1996 Annual Report: 1, 12.
Randol Mining Directory (1996-1997): 164.
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