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Desert Star Mining Co.

Occurrence in San Diego 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035200
MRDS ID M022378
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Star Mining Co.
Related records 10140939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.52362, 33.17588 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA VALLEY, BORDERED WEST EDGE OF GRAPEVINE CANYON RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ranchita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011S 004E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.52362, 33.17588
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 276

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1954, THIS COMPANY VERY BRIEFLY EXPLORED AND WORKED THE LONG AND RYS DEPOSITS - SMALL MILL USED VERY BRIEFLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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