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Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities REE, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067317
MRDS ID W000025
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.50084, 35.5 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mescal Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 San Bernardino

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Alkalic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Alkalic Intrusive Rock

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BARITE AND RARE EARTHS (BASTNAESITE) IN VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain Pass

Comments on the production information

  • NOW PRODUCES RARE EARTHS NO RECORDED BARITE PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1971 Brobst, D.A. 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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