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Blackstone Prospect

Occurrence in San Diego 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035212
MRDS ID M022390
Record type Site
Current site name Blackstone Prospect
Related records 10165155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37723, 32.77118 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES N-NW OF LIVE OAK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Laguna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood-Tijuana(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016S 006E 16,17,20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37723, 32.77118
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 85E
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metal Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO CO., CA.; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPT. 3, P. 276

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS 20 FT. APART
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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