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Baby Blue Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261759
MAS/MILS ID 0060650609
Record type Site
Current site name Baby Blue Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dixie Girl Prospect

Comments on the site names

  • PROSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS PART OF MUSIC VALLEY RARE EARTH DEPOSIT SEQ NO 0060650606

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.94024, 34.01474 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
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

Twentynine Palms Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Joshua Tree National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 S 010 E 09 SENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.94024, 34.01474
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977, P. 865.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-92 Ritchey, Joseph L U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 17-NOV-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Minor changes

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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