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Valley Transit Cement Co. Deposit

Past 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 10064341
MRDS ID TC38684
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Transit Cement Co. Deposit
Related records 10285522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.28498, 32.96174 (WGS84)
Relative position SEC 2: 13 MI ESE OF BRAWLEY, SEC 11: 1.5 MI S OF SEC. 2 LOCAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holtville NE(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 14S 16E 11;2 SW (02); SE (11) California

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI S OF BRAWLEY-GLAMIS RD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DRAIN-TILE SAND, CONCRETE AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED

Comments on the geologic information

  • E SHORELINE OF ANCIENT LAKE CAHUILLA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Imperial Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner USBR Lease To Valley Transit Cement Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • EACH SITE HAD OWN PLANT FED BY TRACTOR SHOVEL TO BUCKET CONVEYOR.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 200-300 YDS/8 HR SHIFT

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. 90

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LESS THAN 50% GRAVEL, MAXIMUM SIZE 2 IN.

Reporter information

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

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