Unnamed Prospect No. 3

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035297
MRDS ID M022596
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99832, 32.65924 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.1 MILES DUE SOUTH 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 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN CONTENT UNDETERMINED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99832, 32.65924

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES IMPERIAL COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 7, CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAKLY SILICATED ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 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.

Authoritative California resources

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