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Drifted Snow

Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Mica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064334
MRDS ID TC38674
Record type Site
Current site name Drifted Snow
Alternate or previous names Bluebird Group
Related records 10115148

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79635, 32.85813 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MI NW OF YUMA, 3.4 MI NE OF OGILBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ogilby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 15S 21E 18 CENTER California

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST BASE OF CARGO MUCHACHO MOUNTAINS. PART OF BLUEBIRD GROUP WHICH INCLUDES BLUEBIRD KYANITE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED IN PAINT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79635, 32.85813
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL QUARTZ-FELDSPAR PEGMATITE DIKE INTRUDES DEPOSIT ON THE NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years INTERMITTENT SINCE 1955

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS AT $70-80/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN BULLDOZED PIT.

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. 79

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR ZONES OF PURE SERICITE WITHIN SCHIST; INTERCALATED WITH QUARTZ-SERICITE AND QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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