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Magnesium Canyon Tungsten Mine

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064468
MRDS ID TC38847
Record type Site
Current site name Magnesium Canyon Tungsten Mine
Related records 10208048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.45085, 33.72087 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MILES SE OF PALM SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rancho Mirage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
005S 005E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. LAT-LONG CENTER OF SECTION 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.45085, 33.72087
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 15-20SW
    Width 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 FT DEEP TRENCHES CUT AT 25 FT INTERVALS, IN CENTER OF TRENCH SYSTEM IS A 25 FT DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 155

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF TACTITE BEDS, MINERALIZED GARNET, QUARTZ AND EPIDOTE, 1-1.5% WO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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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