Desert View Claim

Prospect in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities REE, Thorium
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212964
MAS/MILS ID 0060650631
Record type Site
Current site name Desert View Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.97523, 33.69254 (WGS84)
Elevation 660
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Joshua Tree National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005 S 010 E 32 NWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.97523, 33.69254

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 866-867.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 49, 1956, P. 26; TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-1992 Moyle, Phillip R. 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.