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Decorative Stone Property

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262051
MAS/MILS ID 0060711159
Record type Site
Current site name Decorative Stone Property
Alternate or previous names Building Stone Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.4089, 34.21944 (WGS84)
Elevation 380
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 N 024 E 26 SESESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.4089, 34.21944
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATERIAL IS A SANDY, CHERTY WEATHERED-FACE DECORATIVE STONE ON THE SURFACE, AND A SPLIT-FACE TYPE UNDERLYING THE SURFACE WEATHERED FACE VARIETIES MAY BE MORE SUITABLE FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES WHILE SPLIT-FACE VARIETIES MAYBE USED FOR FLAGSTONE AS WELL AS DECORATIVE PURPOSES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 42-45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1980. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. MATERIAL MINED AS DECORATIVE STONE IN TWO VARIETIES; WEATHER FACE (FLOAT) AND SPLIT FACE (QUARRY).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-1995 Willett U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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