Henrey Abeyta North Prospect

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064335
MRDS ID TC38675
Record type Site
Current site name Henrey Abeyta North Prospect
Related records 10115315

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87554, 32.78979 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI W OF PLASTER CITY.

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)

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 11E 7 W2 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT AND N OF U.S. 80.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.87554, 32.78979

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yuha Desert

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Lease To H. Abeyta

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS 400-500 FT IN DIAMETER.

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. 88

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS IS 5-8 FT; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE 1/16" COARSENS E TO W; RANGE OF SIZE FINE SAND TO 1/4" GRANULES AND 1" PEBBLES; SUBANGULAR, SUBROUNDED FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ GRAINS.

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.

Authoritative California resources

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