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Simpson-Churchill-Wear Deposit

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036149
MRDS ID M024205
Record type Site
Current site name Simpson-Churchill-Wear Deposit
Related records 10163865

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30275, 33.34839 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 MILES NE OF NILAND IN THE CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lion Head Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009S 016E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • NOT CONFIRMED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30275, 33.34839
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNDETERMINED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Simpson, Niland, J.H., Churchill And Edgar Wear

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES IMPERIAL COUNTY; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 7, P. 65

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1926; 22ND REPT STATE MINERALOGIST, CA. STATE MIN. BUR., P. 262

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

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