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Muroc Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212225
MAS/MILS ID 0060290891
Record type Site
Current site name Muroc Clay Deposit
Alternate or previous names Bager Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.822, 34.9889 (WGS84)
Elevation 693
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rogers Lake North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 009 W 03 S2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.822, 34.9889
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
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 U.S. Military Reservation
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 74-

  • Deposit

    75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUT OF CDCA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Raney, Russell G. 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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