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Purple Hills

Occurrence in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285449
MRDS ID M024303
MAS/MILS ID 0060250295
Record type Site
Current site name Purple Hills
Related records 10036232

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.48409, 32.89088 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
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

Imperial Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015 S 024 E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.48409, 32.89088
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWBERRY, J.S., 1861, REPORT UPON THE COLORADO RIVER OF THE

  • Deposit

    WEST: U.S. 36TH CONG., 1ST SESS., H. DOC. 14, NO. 90,

  • Deposit

    PT. 3.

  • Deposit

    U.S. CENSUS REPORT 10, 1886, V. 15, P. 493-496, 503-504.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 129, 1948, P. 297.

  • Deposit

    SECTION QUESTIONABLE (NO PROPERTY OR LOCATION DECRIPTION).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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