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Red Canyon Gypsum Prospect

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023674
MRDS ID I001080
Record type Site
Current site name Red Canyon Gypsum Prospect
Related records 10285571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93418, 35.56667 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WEST-CENTRAL PART OF SHADOW MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 12 MILES N OF BAKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 San Bernardino

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93418, 35.56667
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NUMBER 92-44, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C.F., 1966, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 188-198.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN BEDS OF GYPSUM. THE LARGEST EXPOSED BODY IS A 6 FT THICK SEQUENCE OF THIN BEDS OF GYPSUM EXPOSED FOR 70 FT ALONG STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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