Blue Crystal Prospect

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165357
MAS/MILS ID 0060712284
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Crystal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mcdermott Fluorspar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.21393, 35.46361 (WGS84)
Elevation 1140
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

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve 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
San Bernardino 016 N 016 E 36 NESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.21393, 35.46361

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    P. 47.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 9-84, 1984, P. 5-6.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 29, PLATES 6A AND 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-1991 Campbell 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.