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White Water Sericite-Schist Deposit

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Mica
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064458
MRDS ID TC38834
Record type Site
Current site name White Water Sericite-Schist Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.63474, 33.9542 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES NORTH OF WHITEWATER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Water(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002S 003E 35,36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.63474, 33.9542
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 182

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE MICACEOUS SCHIST APPEARING AS LENSES IN A ZONE BETWEEN GNEISSOID GRANITE AND DIORITE, ZONE STRIKES N30W, 45W. ZONE MATERIAL IS KAOLINIZED, OCCURS IN SCALES AND PLATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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