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SUMMARY DOCUMENT 12-1

IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA

Page 5 from Silver Shaft Mine to Zimmer Prospect(s)

 

USA-California-Imperial County

Gold was allegedly found in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, in Imperial County as early as 1775 but very little hard evidence has been found to support this. Without such, Imperial's claim to being the site of the first California gold strike must be relinquished to Francisco Lopez's strike on March 9, 1842. Lopez found gold in Placerita Canyon in Los Angeles County, east of Newhall. In November the first California gold sale was recorded at the Philadelphia Mint. Estimates of total gold production of Imperial County are in the range of 235,000 Troy ounces.

 

USA-California-Imperial County - Mines

 

Silver Shaft Mines

Simpson

Sinclair No. 3

Singer Mucho Labor Prospect

Six & One-Half Mile Pit

Snow White Deposit

Southern Pacific (Manganese)

Southern Pacific Deposit

Southern Star Groups (Zinc)

Sovereign Mine (Gold)

Sportsman No. 1

Standard Canal Pit

Standard Pit

Stone Face Prospect (a.k.a. Stoneface Prospect) (Gold)

Stone Quarry

Stuart Graphite Prospect

Sunshine Placer Gypsum

Superstition Mountain Feldspar Deposit

Swallow and South Pole Placers

Sweet Potatoes Mine (a.k.a. Sweet Potato) (Gold)

Tadpole Mine (Manganese)

Tee-Wee Mine (Gold & Copper)

Tenn-Cal Group

Telluride Mine (Gold)

Thedford Prospect #1

Thedford Prospect #2

Three C Mine (Gold)

Thumb Peak Manganese

Tierra Pit

Tierra Rica Mine (Gold)

Tio Rico

Tolbard Mine (Manganese)

Tract 72 Gypsum Deposit

Tranchardis Claim

Tres Amigos Mine (Manganese)

Trio Mine (Gold)

Truckhaven Mineral Pit

True Friend (a.k.a. True Friend and Silver Moon) (Silver & Manganese).

Tumco Mine (Gold)

Tumco Mining District (Gold)

Turtle Prospect (Manganese)

Twin Buttes Agate Field (a.k.a. Double Buttes and The Thumbs) (Mineral Samples)

Two Unidentified Prospects

Two-Wee Mine

U.S.Gypsum Company Deposit A

U.S.Gypsum Company Deposit C

Valley Sand and Gravel Deposit .  

Valley Transit Company Inc

Venus Mine (Gold)

Virginia Dare Mine (Manganese)

Vista Mine (Gold)

Vitrafax Mine (Gold)

Vitrefrax Hill

Volunteer Group of Claims (Copper)

W. H. Waters Claim

Wallace Prospect(s)

Wallace-Spencer Mine

War Eagle Mine (Manganese)

War Manganese Mine (Manganese)

Waters Limestone Deposit

Weaver Deposit

Wedge Deposit

Wednesday Deposit

Well Earned Prospect (Manganese)

Western Non-Metallic Mine

Westmoreland   Community Pit

Whedon Mine (Manganese)

Wheeler Pit

Wheeler Road Pit

White Cap Mine (Gold)

White Christmas Deposit

White Gold Basin Mine (Gold)

White Hope

White Rock Mine (Tungsten)

White Swan

Whitecap Prospect (a.k.a. Gray Eagle) (Gold)

Wiley Well (Gem Stones & Mineral Samples)

Wixon Gravel Pit

Wonderstone Rock Pit

Yellow Dog Group

Yellow Dog Mine

Yuha Basin (Mineral Samples)

Yuma Prospect (Gold)

Zimmer Prospect(s)