Simons Brick Company

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062714
MRDS ID TC36261
Record type Site
Current site name Simons Brick Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.58303, 32.76368 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF EL CENTRO., Est - Precision Unknown

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Centro(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.58303, 32.76368

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN, VOL. 38, H2.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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