Wedge

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Graphite
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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099419
MRDS ID TC35760
Record type Site
Current site name Wedge
Related records 10115033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97944, 32.80451 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI SE OF PAINTED GORGE, 4.8 MI N12E OF OCOTILLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Painted Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 16S 10E 6 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97944, 32.80451

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N65E
    Dip 45NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coyote Mtns

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIFORNIA, CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Gray, Floyd 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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