Usg Wollastonite Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Wollastonite
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286307
MAS/MILS ID 0060650655
Record type Site
Current site name Usg Wollastonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.7536, 33.85115 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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 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 004 S 021 E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCAT 20 MI NO OF BLYTHE ON LOVEKIN ROAD AND 2 MILE TO THE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Wollastonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.7536, 33.85115

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pfizer, Inc.
    ID 404498
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED APRIL, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/21/1983
MSHA mine ID0404498
Mine name (MSHA)U S Gypsum Claim
Current operatorPfizer Inc
Current controller (parent)Minerals Technologies Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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