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Skeleton Canyon Clay Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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 10285913
MAS/MILS ID 0060651092
Record type Site
Current site name Skeleton Canyon Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.01753, 33.60065 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mecca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006 S 009 E 35 SWSWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.01753, 33.60065
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAY TAKEN FROM TRENCHES TO SEAL IRRIGATION DITCHES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, H.W., 1984, MINERA RESOURCES OF THE MECCA HILLS

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM NO. CDCA-343), RIVERSIDE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 35-84, P. 11-13.

  • Deposit

    CROWELL, J.C., AND SYLVESTER, A.G., 1979, TELTONIC OF

  • Deposit

    JUNCTURE BETWEEN SAN ANDREAS: UNIV CA SANTA BARARA

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOKS P. 157.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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