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Tio Rico

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036146
MRDS ID M024202
Record type Site
Current site name Tio Rico
Alternate or previous names Black Mint
Related records 10260888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83858, 33.2195 (WGS84)
Relative position 36 MILES NW OF WINTERHAVEN, 1.4 MILES S70E OF MIDWAY WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzards Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011S 020E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • MIDDLE OF S 1/2; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83858, 33.2195
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55W
    Dip 40SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell, Robert J.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES IMPERIAL COUNTY; CA. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPT. 7, P. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODY LIES PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN GNEISS
Deposit SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR OCCURRENCES ARE EXPOSED IN THE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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