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Apex Mine

Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109408
MRDS ID M020392
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Mine
Related records 10140377, 10188841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53862, 35.35529 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cima Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015N 013E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • 2 CLAIMS, LOCATED IN E 1/2 SECTION 25 , UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 5 PERCENT TIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53862, 35.35529
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TIN ORE OCCURS AS SMALL KIDNEYS ALONG TALCOSE SLIP IN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mescal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. M. AND G., VOL. 37 , NO. 4 , OCT. 1941 , P. 551

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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