Oraibi Prospect

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035326
MRDS ID M022635
Record type Site
Current site name Oraibi Prospect
Related records 10165245

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52727, 34.63279 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shadow Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 006W 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result EST., .75% WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52727, 34.63279

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shadow Mts. (South) Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, 6 FT. WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 369

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW BAND OF COPPER-STAINED SILICATED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 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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