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White Christmas

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Diatomite, Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023472
MRDS ID I000458
Record type Site
Current site name White Christmas
Alternate or previous names Bronko Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.03055, 32.71174 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF OCOTILLO. THE DEPOSIT IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

In-Ko-Pah Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(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 Imperial

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POOR GELLING PROPERTIES, EXCESSIVE SAND CONTENT, THEREFORE LIMITED USE FOR MOST FILTER APPLICATIONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAY AS HIGH AS 83.62% SIO2 FOUND IN 7 FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE FROM SOUTHERN EXPOSURE. HIGH CONTENT OF SAND, SILT, AND BROKEN TESTS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 222
USGS model code 31s
Deposit model name Lacustrine diatomite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.03055, 32.71174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIATOMITE BEDS REST ON OLDER ALLUVIUM, INCLUDING FANGLOMERATE AND MONTMORILLONITE CLAY, AND OVERLAIN BY UNCONSOLIDATED SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Jacumba (In-Ko-Pah) Wilderness Study Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 40000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silica SiO2 79.5 wt-pct Silica Major 1987

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • FIRST CLAIMED IN 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, KRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1711-D, 18 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    TODD AND OTHERS, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIATOMITE BEDS UP TO 12 FT THICK ARE FLAT-LYING AND EXPOSED IN TWO EROSIONAL REMNANTS. THE NORTHERN EXPOSURE IS 150 FT LONG AND UP TO 60 FT WIDE. THE SOUTHERN EXPOSURE IS 200 FT LONG AND UP TO 50 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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