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Tract 72

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062703
MRDS ID TC36248
Record type Site
Current site name Tract 72
Related records 10138988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07639, 33.01256 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.5 MILES NW OF OCOTILLO WELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borrego Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 13S 9E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07639, 33.01256
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Cdca 372

Comments on development

  • NOT DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMS NORTHWEST LIMB OF A NORTHWEST-TRENDING SYNCLINE, AXIS OF WHICH LIES IN BROAD VALLEY TO THE WEST. MINOR FOLDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Gray, Floyd 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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