Dewey Mine

Occurrence in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037049
MRDS ID M030139
Record type Site
Current site name Dewey Mine
Alternate or previous names Ready Relief Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -116.73954, 33.03625 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Ysabel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Diego(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "HIGH GRADE"

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -116.73954, 33.03625

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R. U.; 1966 ; MIN. RES. OF CAL.; CAL. DIV. MINES GEO.; BULL 191 ; P. 266

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-78 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.