Mc Dermott Fluorspar Deposit

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212771
MAS/MILS ID 0060710048
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Dermott Fluorspar Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mcdermott Fluorspar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.21523, 35.46031 (WGS84)
Elevation 1133
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015+N 016 E 24 NENWNE California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION QUESTIONABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.21523, 35.46031

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. R H Mcdermott Los Angles
    Home office California
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 27, 1931, P. 376.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    P. 147.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 9-84, 1984, P. 5-6.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 213, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    NOTE: THE ABOVE REFERENCE (LINE NO. 3) STATES THIS DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    IS "NINE MILES EAST OF NIPTON" WHICH WOULD PLACE IT IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. SEE REPORT 27 FOR MORE RESONABLE LOCATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Campbell U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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