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Campo

Occurrence in San Diego 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036215
MRDS ID M024283
Record type Site
Current site name Campo
Alternate or previous names Companion No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.54251, 32.59229 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF CAMPO, NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potrero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood-Tijuana(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018S 004E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • DISAGREEMENT AS TO SECTION, ONE SAYS 24 THE OTHER SAY 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.54251, 32.59229
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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 Frank Beal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE VERTICAL AND THE OTHER INCLINED AT ABOUT 50 DEG. TO DEPTH OF 30 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA., IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129; DIV. OF MINES, P. 289.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND REED, C.H., 1939; MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 35, NO. 1, P. 29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE NUMBER OF PIECES OF MAGNETITE HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED, NO VEIN HAS BEEN FOUND IN PLACE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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