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Full Moon

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062709
MRDS ID TC36256
Record type Site
Current site name Full Moon
Related records 10139052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.28581, 33.31395 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES NORTH OF IRIS SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lion Head Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 10S 16E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW FLANK OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED AS WHITE HIGH-ALUMINUM CLAY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS (BY A.J. FOYET, LOS ANGELES) : SIO2, 27.93%
Result AL2O3, 42.33%
Result FE2O3, 1.92%
Result CAO, 0.53%
Result NA2O, 0.70%
Result H2O, 12.44%
Result MOISTURE, 0.70%, SO3 (SULPHUR ANHYDRIDE), 13.39%.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.28581, 33.31395
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ALONG SURFACE OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J. AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN, VOL. 38, H2, P. 130.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OG 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-92 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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