Palomsa Prospects

Prospect in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189001
MAS/MILS ID 0060651009
Record type Site
Current site name Palomsa Prospects
Alternate or previous names Palomsa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.5589, 33.75785 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Maria Mountains SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005 S 023 E 10 S2NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.5589, 33.75785

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 142-82, 1982: NO. 63,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 16, AND PLATE 1B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT NO. 63 IN RPT. EIGHT ADITS IN CARBONATE RKS & PELITIC SCHISTS OVERLYING LEUCROCRATIC GRANITE. THRUST FAULT APPEARS TO BE CONTACT BETWEEN THESE FORMATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Gaps U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.