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White Cloud 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035216
MRDS ID M022395
Record type Site
Current site name White Cloud Deposit
Related records 10287067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17, 32.6784 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.5 MILES NE OF JACUMBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacumba(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 San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017S 008E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80E
    Length 24.38M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY SEVERAL TRENCHES, EACH LESS THAN 15 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN DIEGO, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 279

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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