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Turtle Back

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117017
MAS/MILS ID 0060712287
Record type Site
Current site name Turtle Back

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.10553, 35.30281 (WGS84)
Elevation 1430
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hart Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014 N 017 E 12 SESWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.10553, 35.30281
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 38, PLATES 6A AND 7.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERALS IN THE EAST MOJAVE

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT MLA 6-90, VOL. I, TABLE 2, NO. 319, P. 130.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-1991 Campbell U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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