Anderson

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034148
MRDS ID M020857
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson
Related records 10261238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.72833, 34.00726 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position IN THE PINTO MTS., 30 MILES NE OF INDIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Dale(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002S 012E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.72833, 34.00726

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 80 FT. IN DEPTH AND A 100 FT. TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 291

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 ; MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 124 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 2 - 6 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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