Schindler Mine

Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064433
MRDS ID TC38800
Record type Site
Current site name Schindler Mine
Related records 10184195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79113, 33.61448 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF COAHUILA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cahuilla Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Jacinto(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 06S 002E 29,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SLOPE OF COAHUILA MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79113, 33.61448

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE
    Strike NW
    Dip 40SW
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 200 POUNDS BERYL, 10 POUNDS PINK AND GREEN TOURMALINE, 50 POUNDS BLACK TOURMALINE, 500 POUNDS QUARTZ CRYSTALS, 100 POUNDS ROSE QUARTZ.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ALONG STRIKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 165

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIATING COLUMBITE CRYSTALS IN ALBITE-QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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