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Waters

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10062382
MRDS ID TC35759
Record type Site
Current site name Waters
Related records 10163394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00082, 32.98367 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 28 MI DUE W OF BRAWLEY, 6 MI S09E OF SPLIT MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain NE(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 14S 09E 1,2 California

Comments on the location information

  • JUST N OF ANZA-BORREGO STATE PARK BOUNDARY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result USBM ANALYSIS: LIMESTONE - 54.2% CAO, 0.66% MGO, DOLOMITE - 29.9% CAO, 21.7% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00082, 32.98367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-40W
    Dip 60-80NE
    Thickness 822.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

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 LOWER 1200 FT CONSISTS OF GRAY/BROWN WEATHERING DOLOMITE. UPPER NORTHEASTERN 1500 FT COMPOSED OF FAINTLY BANDED, LIGHT GRAY-GRAY LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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