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Cone Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Iron
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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 10064348
MRDS ID TC38692
Record type Site
Current site name Cone Mountain Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cone Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.8683, 33.36173 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 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

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)

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 09S 20E 28 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • W BASE OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.8683, 33.36173
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palo Verde Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT OPEN CUT, 30 FT DEEP, 200 FT UP SLOPE ADDITIONAL OPEN CUT IN FANGLOMERATE TO THE EAST.

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. 78

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITE POSSIBLY MISTAKEN FOR CINNABAR CONTAINED IN MONOLITHOLOGIC BRECCIA OF ALTERED ANDESITE (?); AVERAGE FRAGMENT SIZE 1-2 INCHES, POORLY CEMENTED BY CALCITE AND GYPSUM.

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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Authoritative California resources

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