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Fluor Spar Group

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034151
MRDS ID M020860
Record type Site
Current site name Fluor Spar Group
Related records 10140399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09637, 33.94226 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF PACKARD'S WELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palen Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 003S 018E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09637, 33.94226
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 45 N
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OCCURS WITH A PORPHYRITIC DIKE ON ITS FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 100 FT. LONG BY 5 FT. WIDE BY 5 FT. DEEP. FURTHER DOWN THE RIDGE ARE TWO SHORTER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 292 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 : MINERAL RESOURCES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 126 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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