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Maria Mountain

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036171
MRDS ID M024229
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Mountain
Alternate or previous names Iron Cap No. 1, No. 2
Related records 10285537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.66747, 33.83338 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF COX IN THE MARIA MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Maria Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 022E 14,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • LAT./LONG. EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.66747, 33.83338
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. O'Connell

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 294

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945: MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY: CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3: DIV. OF MINES, P. 146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS AS CAPPINGS ON A DOLOMITIC PEAK

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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