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Powder Uranium and Minerals

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062713
MRDS ID TC36260
Record type Site
Current site name Powder Uranium and Minerals
Alternate or previous names Desert Gold, Aluminum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92358, 33.10563 (WGS84)
Relative position 11.5 MILES N50E OF GLAMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(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

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 12S 19E 24 SE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS: AL2O3, 36.90%
Result SIO2, 49.10%
Result CAO, 3.10%
Result MGO, 1.40%
Result FE2O3, 1.40%
Result NA2O, 1.50%
Result K2O, 3.70%
Result LOI, 3.70%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92358, 33.10563
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, N30e, 70nw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70NW
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paymaster

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Desert Gold And Aluminum Corp

Comments on the workings information

  • (1) 20 FT SHAFT; 30 FT CROSS CUT ADIT; TEST PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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