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Pk Mine

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035300
MRDS ID M022599
Record type Site
Current site name Pk Mine
Alternate or previous names Elliott
Related records 10260797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.0875, 32.62063 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES EAST OF JACUMBA, 1000 FT. NORTH OF MEXICAN BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

In-Ko-Pah Gorge OE S(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018S 009E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4, UTM ACC; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.0875, 32.62063
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 18.29M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE BODY IN SMALL ROOF PENDENT 200 FT. WIDE, 400 FT. LONG, IT HAS AN IRREGULAR REENTRANT BOUNDARY THAT IS ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE. PENDENT IS COMPOSED OF SCHIST, TACTITE AND THIN BEDS OF LIMESTON. MIGMATIZED ZONES ARE COMMON ESPECIALLY NEAR CONTACTS WITH QTZ. DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1951 - 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period - 1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.33% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 30 FT. WIDE, 50 FT. LONG WITH MAX. DEPTH OF 25 FT. A 50 FT. DRIFT ADIT WAS DRIVEN S 75 W 40 FT. BELOW AND SLIGHTLY NW OF PIT. 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT CONNECTS TO BOTTOM OF ADIT. SEVERAL SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS EXPLORE ZONES PERIPHERAL TO PENDENT.

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

  • Production

    MORTON, P. K., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE IS 30 - 50 FT. WIDE AND 50 - 60 FT. LONG
Deposit ORIGINALLY A GOLD PROSPECT

Reporter information

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

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