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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Marble, Dimension, Tungsten
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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 10062386
MRDS ID TC35765
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.03416, 32.67563 (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

  • NE FLANK OF JACUMBA MOUNTAINS NEAR DAVIES VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result THREE SAMPLES FROM SKARN ZONE CONTAINED NO SIGNIFICANT MINERAL VALUES.

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) -116.03416, 32.67563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jacumba

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Wilderness

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 11.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIVEN S56W, DOWN 37 DEGREES.

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 LIMONITE-STAINED GARNET-QUARTZ-DIOPSIDE SKARN.

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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