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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062384
MRDS ID TC35763
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.04777, 32.66313 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

In-Ko-Pah Gorge(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

Comments on the location information

  • S OF MYER VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Garnet Ore
Diopside Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.04777, 32.66313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N55E
    Dip STEEP NW
    Thickness 0.64M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jacumba

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Wilderness

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Overall depth 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT ALONG ROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, DRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1711-D, 15 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR VEINS OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE WHITE CALCITE IN DEEPLY WEATHERED TONALITE. VEINS ARE TOO IMPURE AND HIGHLY FRACTURED TO BE CALCITE RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Orris, Greta 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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Authoritative California resources

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