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Percival Asbestos Mine

Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100847
MRDS ID TC38798
Record type Site
Current site name Percival Asbestos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48252, 33.61004 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES SOUTH OF PALM SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toro Peak(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

San Bernardino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 06S 005E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS. LAT-LONG FROM MINE SYMBOL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AUTO BATTERY BOXES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48252, 33.61004
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 800 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN CUT WITH CROSSCUT TUNNELS DRIVEN AT THE FLOOR.

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. 159

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN A BELT OF CORTLANDITE, A GRANULAR-OLIVINE-HORNEBLENDE, WHICH STRIKES N30E, 200 FT WIDE, 1500 FT LONG.

Reporter information

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

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