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Temescal Tin Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212629
MRDS ID W024542
MAS/MILS ID 0060650977
Record type Site
Current site name Temescal Tin Mine
Alternate or previous names Cajalco Tin Mine
Related records 10077106

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.48087, 33.84813 (WGS84)
Elevation 353
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mathews(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004 S 006 W 02 SWW2S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Dumortierite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.48087, 33.84813
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 40M
    Width 1M
    Area 350HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N35E:65N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 350
    Date of Last Modification 820521

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1853
Year of first production 1869

Mining district

District name Temescal

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 37, 1941, P. 531-557.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, L.R. AND THAYER, T.P., 1945, THE TEMASCAL TIN

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 27P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3876, 1945, P. 1-4.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT 41, 1945, P. 153.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 176, 1957, P. 641-646.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 973-978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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