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Hector Tuff Deposit

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Bentonite, Copper, Zeolites
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117063
MRDS ID RL10056
MAS/MILS ID 0060711852
Record type Site
Current site name Hector Tuff Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.5012, 34.8212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008 N 005 E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hectorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.5012, 34.8212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVESTIG. MAP I-467, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 167.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-91 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Minor additions and deleted duplicate record MAS 0060711853 (Dep_id 10141022)

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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