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El Portal Barite Mine

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139865
MRDS ID M009951
MAS/MILS ID 0060430678
Record type Site
Current site name El Portal Barite Mine
Related records 10109245

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.80288, 37.67133 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 020 E 18 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.80288, 37.67133
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARITE ROCK FALLS BELOW 85-90 PERCENT & HAS NOT BEEN CON

  • Deposit

    GOOD ENOUGH TO PROCESS

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECT 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JAN-1987 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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