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Rock Hill Deposit

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064349
MRDS ID TC38694
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Hill Deposit
Related records 10211925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.62165, 33.17645 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI SW OF NILAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Niland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 11S 13E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO VAIL 4-A DRAIN LATERAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.62165, 33.17645
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Se Shore Of Salton Sea

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCH CUT 150 FT LONG, 30 FT HIGH, AND 100 FT WIDE.

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. 82-83

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VOLCANIC DOME OF PUMICE AND SCORIA.

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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