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Coyote Mountains

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, Clay
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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 10062378
MRDS ID TC35755
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Mountains
Alternate or previous names Columbia Cement, Creole Marble, Golden State Mining and Marble, Southern California Marble

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06861, 32.82701 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MI N OF OCOTILLO, 26 MI W OF EL CENTRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 15S 09E 22,25,26,27,35,26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Primary
Clay Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06861, 32.82701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N30W
    Dip 60SW
    Length 6437.2M
    Width 1126.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coyote Mtn

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIFORNIA, CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CAL. DIV. OF MINES BULL., V. 38, H2.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE LENSES WITHIN SEDIMENTARY UNIT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT THICK (AT LEAST 1500 FT THICK UNIT).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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