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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035346
MRDS ID M022659
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57057, 33.75143 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.5 MILES SOUTH OF PALM SPRINGS ON PROPERTY OF THE ANDREAS CANYON CLUB.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005S 004E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .5 - 1% WO3 FROM MOST PROMISING PROSPECTS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASSES
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOLIATION DIPS 30 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Andreas Canyon Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 306

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT CONSITUTES A NUMBER OF PROSPECTS FOUND IN 1942 BY J. R. MAYNARD ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN ANDREAS AND MURRAY CANYON.

Reporter information

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

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