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Mcgimpsey

Occurrence in Mendocino 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031333
MRDS ID M010023
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgimpsey
Related records 10212136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.2147, 38.98543 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI. SW OF UKIAH (B. 50) PROBABLY SHOULD BE SE AS NO SERPENTINE SHOWN TO SW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yorkville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 012W 13,17,18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.2147, 38.98543
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COPPER STAINS IN SERPENTINE. FOUR SHALLOW OPEN CUTS HAVE EXPOSED CONSIDERABLE COPPER STAINS AND IN A FEW PLACES SOME RED OXIDE OF COPPER MIXED WITH OXIDE OF IRON. EIGHT FULL CLAIMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 271

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F.L., 1916 ; MENDOCINO COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 419

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER STAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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