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Coyote Mtn Gypsum & S

Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076583
MRDS ID W023674
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Mtn Gypsum & S
Related records 10212209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97502, 32.8045 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 3 MI NW OF COYOTE WELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Diego(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 010E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SLOPES OF COYOTE MTNS.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAN DIEGO 1:250000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = COYOTE MOUNTAIN 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Imperial Formation
    Rock description Imperial Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coyote Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Blm

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY CALIFORNIA, CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOLGY, V. 38, NO. 2, P. 143-144.

  • Deposit

    STATE MIN REPORT XXII, P. 284-285.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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