A former stone (crushed/broken) deposit/quarry located in the NW¼NW¼ sec. 8, T17S, R10E, SBM, 4.2 km (2.6 miles) SSE of Ocotillo, in the mouth of Davies Canyon, on Bureau of Land Management administered land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters. Material was used as roofing granules.

Mineralization is in rocks of the Jacumba Volcanics (volcanic rock [aphanitic]). Material is vesicular, deeply weathered, dark gray basalt exposed at the mouth of the dry wash. Associated rocks include Holocene-Pliocene alluvium. Local rocks include pre-Cenozoic granitic and metamorphic rocks undivided and Tertiary volcanic flow rocks, unit 11 (Jacumba).

Workings include surface openings comprised of several bulldozer cuts and an open cut 130 feet square and 12 feet deep.

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10062391

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Sonoran DesertDesert

North America Plate

Franciscan DomainDomain
Peninsular Ranges BatholithVolcanic Arc
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 #0060250368.

Morton, Paul K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Resources of Imperial County California. County Report 7. California Division of Mines and Geologyp.84

U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 55-85 (1985): Table 2, No. 13, p. 26.

Todd, V.R., Kilburn, J.E., Detra, D.E., Griscom, Andrew, Kruse, F.A., and McHugh, E.L. (1987), Mineral Resources of the Jacumba (In-Ko-Pah) Wilderness Study Area, Imperial County, California: USGS Bulletin 1711-D, 18 pp.

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

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