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Unnamed Deposit

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036165
MRDS ID M024222
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37835, 33.9942 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Palms Valley(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)

Federal lands

Joshua Tree National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002S 006E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37835, 33.9942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES
    Dip 45NW
    Length 548.64M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AVAILABLE TO OPEN-PIT MINING: AT LEAST 400,000 TONS ESTIMATED IN SINGLE LENS WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS POSSIBLE SOURCE OF HEAVY AGGREGATE OR OTHER NON-IRON-ORE USES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 134

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND CO., 1964, VOL. III, P. 134

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE DEPOSIT PARALLELS FOLIATION OF GNEISS AND SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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