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Hauser Beds

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064331
MRDS ID TC38669
Record type Site
Current site name Hauser Beds
Related records 10236033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65523, 32.89979 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.9 MI SW OF WILEY WELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 09S 19E 20 E2 California

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN PALO VERDE MOUNTAINS AND BLACK HILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65523, 32.89979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Found In Tuff, Perlite Which Outcrop In Canyons And Saddles. Also Found In Quaternary Terraces.

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERT TUFF INTERCALATED WITH ACIDIC LAVA FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT ATTEMPTED AT SOME POINT. MOST MATERIAL REMOVED BY "ROCK HOUNDS".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 40

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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