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Parkford Gypsum Deposit

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099483
MRDS ID TC38778
Record type Site
Current site name Parkford Gypsum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49191, 34.01477 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.5 MILES SOUTH OF VIDAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 02S 024E 7 NW4 OF SW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF RIVERSIDE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.49191, 34.01477
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 2,000,000 TONS IN RESERVES.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, FIVE TUNNELS 20'-200' LONG.

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, #3, P. 170

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE BEDS INTERBEDDED WITH LIMESTONE, WHITE IN COLOR, 98% PURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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