Cadiz Valley Geothermal Prospect

Plant in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Geothermal, Gold, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262181
MAS/MILS ID 0060711700
Record type Site
Current site name Cadiz Valley Geothermal Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.38412, 34.13334 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
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

Cadiz Valley NW(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

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 001 N 015 E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.38412, 34.13334

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phillips Petroleum Co., Geothermal Division
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Age Mining, Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 110-82, 1982, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, COLORADO

  • Deposit

    RIVER BASIN REGION. WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR CADIZ

  • Deposit

    VALLEY PILOT OPERATION, LACO MINING AND ENGINEERING. ORDER

  • Deposit

    NO. 88-41, 1988, 5 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 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

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