Raley Deposit

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064339
MRDS ID TC38681
Record type Site
Current site name Raley Deposit
Related records 10236461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01194, 32.77646 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.2 MI NW OF OCOTILLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(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 16S 09E 14 SE OF NW California

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI S OF COYOTE MOUNTAINS AT MOUTH OF FOSSIL CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASPHALT CONCRETE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01194, 32.77646

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coyote Mountains

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Raley, William H.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall width 45.72M

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. 89

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNCONSOLIDATED WELL-BEDDED GRAVEL COMPOSED OF VOLCANIC ROCK, GNEISS GRANITE, LIMESTONE; 50% ANGULAR PEBBLES AVE. 1/2"-1"; RARE 2 FT 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

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