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Snow White

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064330
MRDS ID TC38668
Record type Site
Current site name Snow White
Related records 10260813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.05305, 32.79563 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 16S 09E 8 California

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH FLANK OF COYOTE MOUNTAIN, NW OF OCOTILLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.05305, 32.79563
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Between Pliocene Imperial Formation And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-30W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 60.96M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Elsinore Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE SUB-PARALLEL DEFORMED PEGMATITE DIKES IN GNEISS, SUBPARALLEL TO FAULT ZONE; COMPOSED OF QUARTZ, POTASH FELDSPAR, BIOTITE, MUSCOVITE; CONTAINS IRREGULAR BODIES OF PURE QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1928-1929

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, 50 X 75 FT, AND SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS.

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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