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St. John

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034154
MRDS ID M020863
Record type Site
Current site name St. John
Related records 10286174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.8922, 33.78227 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 8 MILES SW. OF INCA SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arlington Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 020E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.8922, 33.78227
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SORTED ORE SHIPPED, HIGH GRADE ORE CARRYING 40 % CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT SUNK TO DEPTH OF 75 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1929 : LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 471

  • 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 .

  • Production

    TUCKER, W.B., 1929 , P. 471

Reporter information

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

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