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Red Cloud

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035349
MRDS ID M022662
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.43638, 33.59477 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH OF DESERT CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Cloud Canyon(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 007S 015E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.05 - 1.66% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.43638, 33.59477
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 40 NE
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 74.37M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN N 30 W FOR 244 FT., 144 FT. FROM PORTED 6 FT. OF SCHEELITE ORE WAS FOUND ON FOOTWALL OF QTZ. VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945; MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 157

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IS EVIDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH A RHYOLITIC PORPHYRY PLUG ON CONTACT WITH QTZ.-FELDSPAR ROCK IN GNEISSOID GRANITE.
Deposit F. J. SCOTT FOUND SCHEELITE ORE ON THE DUMP OF THE TUNNEL LOCATED 500 FT. NORTH OF THE GREAT WESTERN SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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