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Palo Verde Barite Deposit

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096066
MRDS ID TC38690
Record type Site
Current site name Palo Verde Barite Deposit
Related records 10131152

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92219, 33.39367 (WGS84)
Relative position 23 MI SW OF BLYTHE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiley Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 09S 20E 12;13 E2 (12); W2 (13) California

Comments on the location information

  • NW PALO VERDE MOUNTAINS, 3 MI W OF THUMB PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palo Verde Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 50 FT LONG, 10 FT WIDE, AND 8 FT HIGH.

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. 32

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 FT WIDE AT N EXPOSURE, DISCONTINUOUS SOUTHWARD ALONG FAULT ZONE FOR 0.5 MI, EXCAVATED VEIN EST. 70-80% BARITE, SECOND NARROWER VEIN 600 FT TO WEST.

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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