Indian Pass

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Kyanite, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064332
MRDS ID TC38670
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Pass
Related records 10212113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77691, 33.01313 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MI NNW OF YUMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Peak(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 13S 21E 28,29,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW FRONT OF CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DUMORTIERITE USED IN MANUFACTURE OF MULLITE REFRACTORIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dumortierite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77691, 33.01313

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED FOR PLACER GOLD.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED DESERT VARNISHED COBBLES AND BOULDERS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.