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Lee's Copper Claims

Occurrence 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. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034181
MRDS ID M020899
Record type Site
Current site name Lee's Copper Claims
Alternate or previous names Copper Basin
Related records 10212097

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87479, 35.40943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 9 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 029S 038E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 14 , UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.87479, 35.40943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 - 70 NE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goler

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 570.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL 1,872 FT. LONG EXTENDING THROUGH THE HILL.

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. 87

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS RANGING FROM 4 - 6 FT.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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