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Edwards

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034268
MRDS ID M021012
Record type Site
Current site name Edwards

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97554, 32.79479 (WGS84)
Relative position SW TIP OF COYOTE MTS., 2.7 MILES S 46 E OF CARRIZO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Painted Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016S 010E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR NICKEL OCCUR IN UNDENTIFIED BLACK COPPER-MANGANESE BEARING MATERIAL OCCURRING IN THE POD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97554, 32.79479
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault 40 Ft. Wide, Strikes Due East, Dips Steeply North

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPORT 7 ; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAKLY MINERALIZED, COPPER-STAINED BRECCIA

Reporter information

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

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