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Unnamed Prospect No. 1

Occurrence in Imperial 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035301
MRDS ID M022600
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect No. 1
Related records 10211891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.08861, 32.81535 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.7 MILES N 43 W OF OCOTILLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(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 015S 009E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.08861, 32.81535
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS AND A 20 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN NW. PROSPECTED DURING 1953 - 1958.

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. 96

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL DISCONTINUOUS CALC-SILICATE ZONES, STRONG POSSIBILTY EXISTS THAT MINERALIZED ZONE LIES IN A REMNANT RESULTING FROM ASSIMILATION OF A FORMER LIMESTONE BED.

Reporter information

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

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