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Silver Lake Clay Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Montmorillonite
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262103
MRDS ID I001082
MAS/MILS ID 0060713101
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lake Clay Mine
Related records 10023676

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.27166, 35.3883 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Pass Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

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 007 E 18 SESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Montmorillonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.27166, 35.3883
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 107, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James 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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