USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Imperial County
American Girl Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Imperial
- Development status
- Plant
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
- California DMR status
- RECLAIMED
- Reclamation status
- RECLAMATION IN PROGRESS
- DMR report year
- 2010
Also known as
- Cargo Mine 0060250242, Cargo Muchacho Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 9 shaft symbols
- 7 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
California state reporting
- Operator: MK GOLD COMPANY
- Report year: 2010
Historical record
- Development status: Plant
Operators / organizations
- Eastmaque Gold Mines Ltd. · Source-reported owner · 1990
- Hecla Mining Co. · Source-reported owner · 1996
- Mk Gold Co. (Sub Morrison-Knudsen Corp.) · Source-reported owner · 1996
- Morrison-Knudsen Corp. (Mk Gold) · Source-reported owner · 1990
- American Girl Mining Joint Venture (Mk Gold Co./Hecla Mining Co.) · Historical operator · 1996
- Equinox Resources (Aquired By Hecla In · Historical operator · 1994
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (9)
- mapped adit symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
California DMR Mines Online
Type: California state mining record
Record: 91-13-0062
Supports:
- operation status
- reclamation information
- reporting year
- operation type
A DMR match does not by itself prove underground workings.
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