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Big Maria Claims

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities REE, Thorium, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261468
MAS/MILS ID 0060651010
Record type Site
Current site name Big Maria Claims
Alternate or previous names Big Maria 1-16 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -114.5536, 33.71675 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blythe NE(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 26 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

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. 71,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 17, AND PLATE 1B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO INCLUDES SECTIONS 22,26, 27. PHLOGOPITE FILLED, THORITE AND MONAZITE-BEARING SHEAR ZONE IN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. 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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