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Epsom Salts Mine

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Magnesite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116356
MAS/MILS ID 0060713460
Record type Site
Current site name Epsom Salts Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.93728, 35.72309 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hidden Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 S 047 E 26 SESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.93728, 35.72309
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMMODITY IS EPSOMITE. MAGNESIUM SULFATE (EPSOMITE) AND MAGNESIUM CARBONATE OCCUR AS EFFLORESCENSES ON THE SURFACE OF CLAYEY OUTCROPS. NOTE: THIS SITE MAY BE RELATED TO THE AMERICAN MAGNESIUM CO. RECORD (0060711093) LISTED IN THE TABULATED LIST OF CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 183.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAY-1993 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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