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Sycamore Canyon

Occurrence in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029540
MRDS ID M007145
Record type Site
Current site name Sycamore Canyon
Related records 10211765

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.88104, 37.87184 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diablo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 001E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON OXIDES IN ZONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.88104, 37.87184
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MOUNT DIABLO, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL REPORT 80 , P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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