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Unnamed Deposit

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036167
MRDS ID M024224
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.27584, 33.93976 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Deception Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Joshua Tree National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 007E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 SW 1/4; UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.27584, 33.93976
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE DUE TO INACCESSIBILITY - LARGEST LENS CONTAINS AN ESTIMATED 19,750 LONG TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 134

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P. 134

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 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.

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