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Red Bluff Fluorspar Deposit

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099489
MRDS ID TC38853
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bluff Fluorspar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85914, 33.88338 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH OF RICE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Styx(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(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 003S 020E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • SAN BERNADINO NATIONAL FOREST. EAST SLOPE OF LITTL EMARIA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result CAF2-87%, SIO2-4%, CAO-0.47%, AL2O3-2.25%, FE2O3-0.15%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85914, 33.88338
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 75N
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1944, 130 TONS SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK 30 FT; TO NW IS A 50 FT TRENCH.

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. 164

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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