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Best Yet Deposit

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. Materials 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035208
MRDS ID M022386
Record type Site
Current site name Best Yet Deposit
Related records 10262138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50223, 32.94867 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/4 MILES NW OF MT. LAGUNA, IN ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuyamaca Peak(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014S 005E 18,19 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC 18, NE 1/4 SEC. 19, UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50223, 32.94867
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 65E
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS IN A NW-TRENDING ROW 2 MOST NORTHWESTERLY SHAFTS ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERS OF TACTITE ENCLOSED CONCORDANTLY IN SCHIST.
Deposit PRODUCTION NEGLIGIBLE - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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