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Copper Chief Group

Past Producer in Kern 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. 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 10034168
MRDS ID M020881
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Chief Group
Alternate or previous names Gold Badger, Zumdra
Related records 10212132

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.8434, 35.42277 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 10 1/2 MILES NE OF CANTIL, HALF A MILE WEST OF MESQUITE CYN.

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 029S 039E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON SEC. LINE IN NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 7 ., UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.8434, 35.42277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 65 SW

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 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED BEFORE 1949 . INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY IN 1958 .

Comments on the workings information

  • 750 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY WEST TO INTERSECT QTZ. VEIN EXPOSED ON SURFACE

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. 86

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., ETC., 1949 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 45 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 208 .

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE LENS IS ABOUT 6 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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