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Gypsum King Placer

Prospect in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10211882
MRDS ID W023683
MAS/MILS ID 0060250124
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsum King Placer
Related records 10076590

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.08253, 33.02756 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Borrego Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013 S 009 E 20 W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.08253, 33.02756
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 163, 1953, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 64.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-1990 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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