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Holmes Ranch Deposit

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033748
MRDS ID M020393
Record type Site
Current site name Holmes Ranch Deposit
Related records 10236700

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46337, 33.84003 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. S. OF ARLINGTON, 1.5 MI. S.E. OF CAJALCO HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mathews(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 006W 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED UP TO 0.30 PERCENT TIN, LESS THAN 0.4 TO 3.6 LBS TIN PERTON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46337, 33.84003
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TOURMALINE DIKE INCRANITE, VEIN STRIKES N.E., OUTCROPS 6 TO 15 FT. IN WIDTH. TIN TRACES FOUND IN VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Temescal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. M&G, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 , P. 152

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 , P. 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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