Coyote Mountain Silica Deposit

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212477
MRDS ID TC38666
MAS/MILS ID 0060250028
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Mountain Silica Deposit
Related records 10064329

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.00413, 32.80647 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(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 016 S 009 E 02 E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.00413, 32.80647

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 17, 1921, P. 271.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 27, 1931, P. 438.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 90-91.

  • Deposit

    USGS, MRDS LIST JUNE 6, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS "COYOTE MOUNTAINS" WITH LAT/LONG OF N324834/W1155944. SILICA IS THE USGS COMMODITY (SAME OF THE MAS COMOD). MAS LAT/LONG IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1995 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.