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Vermillion Canyon Pits

Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284804
MAS/MILS ID 0060271995
Record type Site
Current site name Vermillion Canyon Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.69871, 36.27187 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talc City Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 S 037 E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.69871, 36.27187
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Southern Sierra Mining
    Home office California
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. ACTIVE MINES DATABASE (1991).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAY-1992 Ridenour, James 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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