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Nancy

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034149
MRDS ID M020858
Record type Site
Current site name Nancy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.62666, 33.87782 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF IRON CHIEF MINE, 17 MILES EAST OF COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Bernardino Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Joshua Tree National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 013E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 4 - 7 % CU
Result $8 AU/TON
Result 6 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.62666, 33.87782
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 W
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ MONZONITE IS CUT BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL DIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 130 FT. WITH DRIFTS NORTH AND SOUTH ON 100 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1929 ; RIVERSIDE COUNTY: 25TH REPT. STATE MIN:, DIV. OF MINES, P. 471

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 ; MINERAL RESOURCES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR: MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 41 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 126 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN DIORITE AND QTZ. MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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