Bluntach Mine

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035294
MRDS ID M022593
Record type Site
Current site name Bluntach Mine
Related records 10115322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.95913, 33.06451 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR MESQUITE DIGGINS PLACER GOLD DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013S 019E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. PROJECTED, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.95913, 33.06451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1953

Mining district

District name Paymaster

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 20 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 7, CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 95

  • Production

    MORTON, P. K., 1977

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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