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Summit of Zion

Past Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029565
MRDS ID M007199
Record type Site
Current site name Summit of Zion
Related records 10260197

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.95548, 37.92296 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 001W 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.95548, 37.92296
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIABASE IS SHEARED AND ALTERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1860 'S

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLE SMALL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 118.87M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 120 FT AND A 270 FT ADIT (INACESSIBLE).

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. 21

  • Production

    PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1963

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

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