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Elliot

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099481
MRDS ID TC38667
Record type Site
Current site name Elliot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.08694, 32.62646 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI E OF JACUMBA, 3.4 MI FROM MOUNTAIN SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

In-Ko-Pah Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRANSISTORS, METAL ALLOYS, CHEMICALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.08694, 32.62646
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE DIKE IN QUARTZ DIORITE. CENTRAL ZONE OF PURE QUARTZ (25 FT THICK) BORDERED BY A FELDSPAR QUARTZ ZONE WITH MUSCOVITE BOOK 4-6 IN IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CAL. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. ??.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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