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Mecca, Riverside County, California, United States


Alternative Names:Mecca, Meka, Walters, mekka, mka kalyfrnya, mkt, Мека, مكة, مکا، کالیفرنیا, मेक्का
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Riverside County, California, USA
Region:Riverside County, California, United States
Latitude:33° 34' 19" N
Longitude:116° 4' 41" W
Lat/Long (dec):33.57219,-116.0782
Köppen climate type:BWh : Hot deserts climate
Elevation:-57m
Population:8,577 (2014)
Mindat Feature ID:5371965
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:5371965:4
GUID:9dc5d7ff-3b56-4c87-b8aa-16bc44e81162
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Skeleton Canyon Clay Mine, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 36' 1" N116° 1' 0" W6.5km (4.0 miles)
Red Top Clay deposit, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 38' 7" N116° 4' 2" W7.1km (4.4 miles)
Surprise Canyon Clay occurrence, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 35' 26" N115° 59' 59" W7.6km (4.7 miles)
Hidden Canyon claim, Blake Hill, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 38' 5" N116° 0' 56" W9.1km (5.6 miles)
Thermal, Riverside County, California, USA33° 38' 25" N116° 8' 31" W9.6km (6.0 miles)
Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 36' 37" N115° 58' 26" W10.5km (6.6 miles)
Blake Hill, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 37' 8" N115° 55' 39" W14.9km (9.2 miles)
Box Canyon Mine (Shaver Well; North Star), Blake Hill, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 37' 13" N115° 55' 6" W15.7km (9.8 miles)
Cactus City, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 40' 42" N115° 57' 49" W15.9km (9.9 miles)
Unnamed Manganese occurrence [7], Blake Hill, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 37' 5" N115° 54' 54" W15.9km (9.9 miles)
Noblette Manganese claim (Noblitt Manganese claim), Blake Hill, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, California, USA33° 37' 23" N115° 54' 42" W16.4km (10.2 miles)
Desert View claim, Cactus City, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 41' 33" N115° 58' 27" W16.5km (10.2 miles)
Safranek property, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 43' 47" N116° 2' 36" W17.8km (11.1 miles)
Big Bullet Manganese claims (Big Bullett deposit; Big Bullett claims), Dos Palmas District, Orocopia Mts (Dos Palmas Mts), Riverside County, California, USA33° 36' 38" N115° 53' 15" W18.2km (11.3 miles)
Coolidge Springs deposit, Desert Shores, Imperial County, California, USA33° 24' 25" N116° 3' 45" W18.4km (11.4 miles)
Desert Shores, Imperial County, California, USA33° 24' 15" N116° 2' 23" W19.0km (11.8 miles)
Pinkham prospect, Dos Palmas District, Orocopia Mts (Dos Palmas Mts), Riverside County, California, USA33° 36' 55" N115° 51' 55" W20.3km (12.6 miles)
Orocopia Canyon, Dos Palmas District, Orocopia Mts (Dos Palmas Mts), Riverside County, California, USA33° 32' 58" N115° 51' 33" W20.4km (12.7 miles)
Indio (Indian Wells), Riverside County, California, USA33° 43' 14" N116° 12' 56" W20.8km (12.9 miles)
Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 25' 53" N116° 13' 36" W20.9km (13.0 miles)
Santa Rosa Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA33° 25' 53" N116° 13' 40" W20.9km (13.0 miles)
Salton, Riverside County, California, USA33° 28' 26" N115° 53' 2" W21.1km (13.1 miles)
Sunny Day Mine (Sunnyday Mine), Indio (Indian Wells), Riverside County, California, USA33° 44' 2" N116° 12' 25" W21.6km (13.4 miles)
Miller Ranch Tungsten occurrence, Martinez Mountain, Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 30' 0" N116° 18' 59" W23.5km (14.6 miles)
Snowcloud Mine (Snow Cloud Mine), Cottonwood Spring, Cottonwood Springs District, Cottonwood Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 46' 8" N115° 59' 3" W23.5km (14.6 miles)
Dumbell Nos. 1 and 2 (Dumbell Mine; G.S. Nos. 3-5 claims), Martinez Mountain, Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 28' 41" N116° 18' 35" W23.9km (14.8 miles)
Cottonwood Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 43' 39" N115° 53' 48" W24.1km (15.0 miles)
Martinez Mountain, Santa Rosa Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 33' 27" N116° 20' 42" W24.8km (15.4 miles)
Copper Giant Mine, Cactus City, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 47' 46" N116° 2' 58" W25.0km (15.6 miles)
Hope prospect, Indio Hills, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA33° 47' 48" N116° 5' 45" W25.0km (15.6 miles)

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
Basin and Range Basins, North America PlateBasin
Franciscan Domain, North America PlateDomain
Southern California Borderland Basins, North America PlateBasin
Sonoran Desert, North AmericaDesert
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
USACountry
California, USAState
Riverside County, California, USACounty
 
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