El Centro

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115382
MAS/MILS ID 0060250340
Record type Site
Current site name El Centro

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.76362, 32.92677 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superstition Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014 S 012 E 20 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO T14S R 12E SECTIONS 19,20,& 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.76362, 32.92677

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGY,PHYSICAL, AND EXCHANGEABLE CHEMISTRY PROPERTIES

  • Deposit

    OF BENTONITES BY ANDREW J. REGIS,DENVER SERVICE CENTER FEBRU

  • Deposit

    ARY,1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.