A former clay deposit/pit operation located in the SE¼NE¼ sec. 14, T16S, R9E, SBM, . MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 250 meters.

NOTE: The geographic coordinates provided by MRDS for this locality placed it in San Diego County. The error was 1 degree of longitude (115° versus 116°), and was corrected accordingly.

Mineralization is a sedimentary clay deposit hosted in the Borrego Formation. The ore body is bedded. Local rocks include Pliocene marine rocks and/or Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 2 (Peninsular Ranges).

Local geologic structures strike N60-80E and dip 10-20SW.

Workings include surface openings comprised of shallow open cuts.

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10062712

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

Sonoran DesertDesert

North America Plate

Basin and Range BasinsBasin
Franciscan DomainDomain
Gulf of California CoastWide Rift
Southern California Borderland BasinsBasin

Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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References

U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS): file #0060250036.

Sampson, Reid J. & W. Burling Tucker (1942), Mineral resources of Imperial County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 38): 38(2): 105-145.

Morton, Paul K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Resources of Imperial County California. County Report 7. California Division of Mines and Geologyp.35

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

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