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Palen Mountains Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Clay, Bentonite
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064472
MRDS ID TC38852
Record type Site
Current site name Palen Mountains Clay Deposit
Related records 10188554

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10692, 33.70838 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 31 MILES NW OF BLYTHE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ford Dry Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005S 018E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10692, 33.70838
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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. 162

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL ROUNDED CLAY HILLS EXTEND IN EAST DIRECTION, 1 MILE WIDE BY 2 MILES LONG. IMPURE BENTONITE, HIGH IN LIME, ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ASH.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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