Apache

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034160
MRDS ID M020870
Record type Site
Current site name Apache
Alternate or previous names Holland
Related records 10285313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80812, 35.45777 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NE OF CANTIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garlock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 039E 32,29 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 29 , NW 1/4 SEC. 32 , UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80812, 35.45777

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Strikes N 10 W, Dips Steeply Ne To Vertical.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone On Northeastern Zone Southeastern Zone Shows Mineralization In Vertical Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL OUNCES OF GOLD RECOVERED IN MILL NEAR NE WORKINGS IN 1940 ; FEW TENS OF POUNDS OF COPPER RECOVERED. GOLD ORE CONTAINED ABOUT .5 OZ AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTHEAST WORKINGS: ADIT DRIVEN S 50 W AT LEAST 350 FT., OPEN CUTS AND PROSPECT SHAFTS. SOUTHWEST WORKINGS; VERTICAL SHAFT, PROBABLY SEVERAL TENS OF FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA,; COUNTY REPT. 1 , CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 85

  • Production

    TROXEL & MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N.E. AREA CONTAINS ORE MINERALS IN FRACTURE ZONE, IN S.E. AREA TRACES OF MAGANESE AND COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN VERTICAL FAULT ZONE AND AS REPLACEMENT BY MANGANESE OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.