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Roberts and Peeler

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Strontium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105300
MRDS ID TC38695
Record type Site
Current site name Roberts and Peeler
Related records 10163926

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.09944, 33.03478 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI SE OF OCOTILLO WELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borrego Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 13S 09E 13;18 NE (13); NW (18) California

Comments on the location information

  • EXTREME NW FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS.
  • SAN ROQUE IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY. WORKINGS OCCUR ALL AROUND THE TOWN OF SAN ROQUE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 93% CELESTITE, 53% SRO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.09944, 33.03478
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUTS A FEW TENS OF FEET IN DIAMETER.

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. 94

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE GENERALLY THIN. WALL ROCK IS MINERALIZED.
Deposit CELESTITE RESTS ON GYPSUM BED AND IS ISOLATED ON TOP OF SMALL PEAKS IN THE AREA; UNDERLYING GYPSUM CUT BY VERTICAL NE FAULT; W BLOCK STRIKES NS AND DIPS 1-2E, E BLOCK N10W, 7-9NE.

Reporter information

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

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