Windy Boy Group

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity REE
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213117
MAS/MILS ID 0060710298
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Boy Group
Alternate or previous names Mineral Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.48024, 35.43611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
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

Mineral Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 015+N 014 E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.48024, 35.43611

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NO. 298, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1987,

  • Deposit

    PLATES 6 AND 7.

  • Deposit

    US. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 261, 1954, FIG. 9, P. 31;

  • Deposit

    P. 53-54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James 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.