Latitude: 32°39'47"N
Longitude: 115°59'27"W
A W-garnet (abrasive) prospect located 8.4 km (5.2 miles) S of Ocotillo.
Mineralization is a W deposit (Deposit model: 42: W skarn) hosted in tonalite with associated quartzite and schist. The ore body strikes N15W and dips 30-60NE. Ore control was a pluton contact.
Workings include 2 prospect pits.
Analysis of an actinolite-rich grab sample - 0.19% WO3. Another chip sample contained 0.01% WO3.
References
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.
USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10062393.
Mineral List
3 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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