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Unnamed Prospect No. 2

Occurrence in Imperial 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035296
MRDS ID M022595
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect No. 2
Related records 10260675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98249, 32.65674 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SSE OF OCOTILLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coyote Wells(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 017S 010E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98249, 32.65674
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 W
    Dip 25 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL ROCK IS QUARTZ MUSCOVITE BIOTITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AT TOP OF RIDGE, 10 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK 800 FT. SW OF INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 7, CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 96

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONE IS DISCONTINUOUS BUT EXPOSED IN TWO LOCALITIES 800 FT. APART.

Reporter information

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

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