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California Portland Cement Co.

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062699
MRDS ID TC36244
Record type Site
Current site name California Portland Cement Co.
Alternate or previous names Chaplin Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.08416, 33.02006 (WGS84)
Relative position 32 MILES WEST OF BRAWLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borrego Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 13S 9E 19;30 SW/4 OF NW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.08416, 33.02006
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike WEST-TRENDING
    Dip 30-80N
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 402.33M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Beddine West-Trending.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Cdca 372

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • TC36244 AND TC36253 ARE NOT DUPLICATES (TINA WELLS 1/94)

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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