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Philadelphia Fluorspar Deposit

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213099
MAS/MILS ID 0060710049
Record type Site
Current site name Philadelphia Fluorspar Deposit
Alternate or previous names Providence Mountain Fluorspar Dep.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.58473, 34.86142 (WGS84)
Elevation 1106
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Van Winkle Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(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 009 N 013 E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.58473, 34.86142
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 1.5M
    Width 45.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N15W:80W
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Ord Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 17, 1921, P. 343.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    P. 147.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-3, 1988,

  • Deposit

    NO. 53, PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 32-84, 1984, NO. 53,

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX A; PLATE 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORD COPPER GROUP CONSISTS OF 23 CLAIMS IN THE ORD MOUNTAINS. IS COPPER SULPHIDE AND CARBONATESALSO FOUND IN SECTION 24.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Munts, Steven R. 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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