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Coyote Mountains

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064329
MRDS ID TC38666
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Mountains
Alternate or previous names Columbia Cement Co., Southern California Marble and Development Co.
Related records 10212477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99639, 32.80951 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MI W OF EL CENTRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Painted Gorge(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 16S 09E 01 NW OF NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GLASS, TRANSISTORS, METAL ALLOYS, CHEMICALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 207
USGS model code 30e
Deposit model name High-grade silica deposits

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99639, 32.80951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 30-35SW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ SANDSTONE, UNCOMFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY PLIOCENE IMPERIAL FORMATION. CROPS OUT IN AREA 100-200 FT IN DIAMETER. UNIT IS A WHITE, MEDIUM-GRAINED POORLY CEMENTED, FRIABLE SANDSTONE COMPOSED OF SUBROUNDED AND WELL-SORTED QUARTZ (80-90%) FELDSPAR (10-20%) AND MINOR MUSCOVITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1921-1922

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. ?.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 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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