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Upper Canyon Nitrate Deposit

Prospect in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10211951
MAS/MILS ID 0060270814
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Canyon Nitrate Deposit
Alternate or previous names Upper Canyon, Nitre Bed

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.21306, 35.80439 (WGS84)
Elevation 348
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecopa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 020 N 007 E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SECS. 28, 33, 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.21306, 35.80439
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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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 15, 1917, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 820, 1931, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, NO. 300, P. 222.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. 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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