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Salton Paving Co. Deposit

Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064340
MRDS ID TC38682
Record type Site
Current site name Salton Paving Co. Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01194, 33.29422 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NW OF SALTON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seventeen Palms(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(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 10S 09E 13 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • W OF CA 86.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL DID NOT MEET STATE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SOUNDNESS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01194, 33.29422
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVEL FAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salton Sea Truckhaven

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Lease To Salton Paving Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXCAVATION BY FRONT-END SHOVEL LOADERS TRUCKED TO PORTABLE HOT MIX PLANT.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 175 TONS/HR

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. 89

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITIC DETRITUS, MAXIMUM CLAST SIZE 4", 2 FT BOULDERS UNCOMMON.

Reporter information

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

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

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