Maria Mountains Marl

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189205
MAS/MILS ID 0060650353
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Mountains Marl

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.5697, 33.71895 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blythe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005 S 023 E 27 NWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.5697, 33.71895

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 Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 142-82, 1982: NO. 70,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 17, AND PLATE 1B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARL HAS BEEN CUT FOR DIMENSION STONE, IT IS MORE LIKE A POORLY CEMENTED TRAVETINE. PROSPECT NO 70 IN MCHUGH, ET AL RPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Causey, J. Douglas 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.