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Bluebird Kyanite

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105299
MRDS ID TC38672
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Kyanite
Alternate or previous names Ogilby Kyanite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.80329, 32.84924 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI NW OF YUMA, 2.5 MI NE OF OGILBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ogilby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(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 15S 21E 19 NW OF NW California

Comments on the location information

  • ANGOSTURA IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY. MINES INCLUDE THE QUEBRADONA, LA MIRLA, MARSELLA, LA GONDOLA, AND SAN ANTONIO.
  • QUARRY AT VITREFAX HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REFRACTORY CEMENT PRODUCTS "ARGON", "DUREX"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.80329, 32.84924
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 121.92M
    Length 1609.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1925-1946

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vitrefax Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION 10 TONS VALUED AT $80,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE STAGGERED BENCHES IN HILL, ABOVE TOP BENCH IS A 75 FT CUT 50 FT WIDE.

Comments on development

  • ACQUIRED BY ALUMINUM SILICATES COMPANY OF L.A. IN 1949.

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. 65

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP DISCONTINUOUS ALONG LENGTH; AT QUARRY QUARTZ-KYANITE QUARTZITE FORMS CORE OF HILL WITH INTERBEDDED QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST AT THE FLANKS; MINED ROCK 35% KYANITE, REST IS 15% KYANITE.

Reporter information

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

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