USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Riverside County
Fire Clay Group
Unconfirmed Clay Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Riverside
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Clay
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former clay deposit/mine located in sec. 4 & in the SE¼SE¼ sec. 5, T4S, R7W, SBM, about 6.6 km WSW of Corona (center), along both sides of Maybe Canyon, on private (patented) land within a National Forest area. MRDS database stated accuracy for this …
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Clay
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 86935
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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