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Blue Boy and Black Mountain Group

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008645
MRDS ID D000970
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Boy and Black Mountain Group
Related records 10285709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86753, 33.85003 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 8 MILES SOUTH OF BANNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Fulmor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Jacinto(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 001E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.86753, 33.85003
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 40 S
    Length 15.24M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • BLUE BOY; OPEN CUT 12 FT. IN LENGTH, 5 FT. IN DEPTH BLACK MOUNTAIN; SHALLOW OPEN CUTS, AND 10 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE ON VEIN IN THE BLUE BOY CLAIM, TACTITE EXPOSURES STRIKING NE ON BLACK MOUNTAIN CLAIM.
Deposit BLUE BOY; 1% WO3 REPORTED BLACK MOUNTAIN, 12 TONS EXTRACTED, ASSAYED 6% WO3 GROUP COMPRISES 4 CLAIMS; BLUE BOY, BLUE BOY NO. 1, BLACK MOUNTAIN AND BLACK MOUNTAIN NO. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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