Packrat Mine

Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213959
MAS/MILS ID 0060730832
Record type Site
Current site name Packrat Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -116.23053, 32.71647 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacumba(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017 S 007 E 02 SENWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -116.23053, 32.71647

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stevens, Fred
    Home office California
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUNZ, G. F., 1905, GEMS, JEWELER'S MATERIALS AND ORNAMENTAL

  • Deposit

    STONES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 37, P. 14, 26-27, 150-152.

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F. J. H., 1914, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU,

  • Deposit

    STATE MINERALOGIST REPORT 14, P. 703-705.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND REED, C. H., 1939, MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    SAN DIEGO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY,

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    V. 35, NO. 1, P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    WEBER, F. H., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN

  • Deposit

    DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GELOGY, COUNTY REPORT 3, P. 13, 50, 100-101, 191-193.

  • Deposit

    LIPTON, D. A., 1985, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CARRIZO GORGE

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-85, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 7, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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