Black Springs Clay

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187886
MAS/MILS ID 0060270722
Record type Site
Current site name Black Springs Clay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.72921, 36.27137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talc City Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 S 039 E 22 C NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.72921, 36.27137

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladding-Mc Bean And Co.
    Home office Corona, Ca
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • INYO COUNTY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM GEM CDCA DATA BASE, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 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

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