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White Swan Barite Mine

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064347
MRDS ID TC38691
Record type Site
Current site name White Swan Barite Mine
Related records 10285322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92858, 33.36978 (WGS84)
Relative position 24 MI SW OF BLYTHE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Palo Verde Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 09S 20E 24;19 NE OF SE (24); SE (19) California

Comments on the location information

  • 3.6 MI SW OF THUMB PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92858, 33.36978
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 25NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palo Verde Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 200 FT LONG, 8 FT WIDE, 8 FT DEEP; SECOND CUT 1200 FT TO SE IS 60 FT LONG, 8 FT WIDE, AND 8 FT DEEP.

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. 32

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN TERT NON-MARINE CONGLOMERATE THAT HAVE A RUST-RED COLOR, VEINS 10-200 FT LONG AND 1 IN TO 4 FT WIDE, MUCH OF THE BARITE IS SHEARED AND BROKEN IN FRAGMENTS OF 6 IN TO 3 FT.

Reporter information

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

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