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Red Top Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096075
MRDS ID TC38851
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Clay Deposit
Related records 10163980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06834, 33.63561 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF MECCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thermal Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(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 006S 009E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • BY THE CAOCHELLA CANAL. LAT-LONG FOR CENTER OF SECTION 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06834, 33.63561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 609.6M
    Length 2413.95M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS.

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 SOFT, POORLY CONSOLIDATED CONGLOMERATE, SAND AND CLAY, SMALL AMOUNTS OF GYPSUM AND SALINE MINERALS ARE PRESENT, CLAY IS BETWEEN TWO BELTS OF SS AND CONGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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