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Orphan Anne Prospect

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034186
MRDS ID M020906
Record type Site
Current site name Orphan Anne Prospect
Related records 10285037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88868, 35.41388 (WGS84)
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

Saltdale NW(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 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 SEC. 15 (APPROX. CENTER) UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. GRADE OF VEIN IS 1 % CU

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) -117.88868, 35.41388
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Offset 30 Ft. West A Few Tens Of Feet From North End Of Vein: South Part Of Vein Offset 150 Ft. East. Both Faults Strike East.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 40 - 60 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOLIATED QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. SHAFT NEAR POINT OF 150 FT. OFFSET, NUMEROUS CROSSCUT TRENCHES AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS. SOME EXPLORATION WORK IN 1956 .

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. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MIGHT BE SAME AS MOUNTAIN GOLD PROSPECT
Deposit VEIN IS 6 - 18 INCHES WIDE AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET LONG, ORE OCCURS IN IRREGULARLY-SPACED LENSES AND STREAKS. FRACTURES IN QTZ. AND WALLS OF VEIN ARE MODERATELY TO DEEPLY STAINED WITH COPPER AND IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

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

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