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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062393
MRDS ID TC35775
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99165, 32.66313 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coyote Wells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(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

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE JACUMBA WILDERNESS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ACTINOLITE-RICH GRAB SAMPLE - 0.19% WO3. ANOTHER CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.01% WO3.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99165, 32.66313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 30-60NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Pluton

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, KRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1711-D, 15 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-GARNET-ACTINOLITE SKARN FOLLOWS BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Orris, Greta 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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Authoritative California resources

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