The Blue Diamond Corp. is a gypsum-anhydrite mine located in Imperial county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Blue Diamond Corp. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Diamond Corp.
Secondary: Houck Tract 71
Commodity
Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Secondary: Strontium
Tertiary: Halite
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Fish Creek Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Cdca 372
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Physiographic Detail: Pennisula Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gypsum
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Halite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRUCTURALLY GYPSUM BEDS FORM THE NORTHEAST LIMB OF A NORTHWEST TRENDING SYNCLINE, THE AXIS OF WHICH LIES IN THE BROAD VALLEY TO THE WEST; BASAL 5 -10 FT CONSIST OF INTERBEDDED SHALE, GYPSUM AND SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7
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