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Valley Sand and Gravel Deposit

Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064342
MRDS ID TC38685
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Sand and Gravel Deposit
Related records 10236592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61579, 32.80619 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 N OF YUMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bard(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 16S 22E 2 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT ALL AMERICAN CANAL IN PICACHO WASH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE BLOCK AND AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand and Gravel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61579, 32.80619
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cargo Muchacho Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • EXCAVATED BY FRONT END LOADER, SAND USED "AS IS".

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. 90

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REWORKED OLDER MATERIAL; GRAVELS UNUSABLE BUT SAND IS CLEAN; THIN LAYERS OF SAND AND PEBBLES ARE CRUDELY STRATIFIED.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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