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Fluorspar Group of Mines

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064473
MRDS ID TC38854
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorspar Group of Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09637, 33.94032 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES NW OF MIDLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palen Pass(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 003S 018E 4 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH END OF PALEN MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09637, 33.94032
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 45N
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

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. 164

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN BUNCHES AND DISSEMINATION FROM GANGUE, ASSOCIATED WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE. WHITE, GREEN, AND PURPLE IN COLOR.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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