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Silverado Prospect

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10034190
MRDS ID M020910
Record type Site
Current site name Silverado Prospect
Related records 10163312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4187, 35.61554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position EAST SIDE OF COOK PEAK, 4 MILES EAST OF BODFISH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 033E 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF NORTH EDGE SEC. 10 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. 1 1/2 % CU, .02 - .03 OZ AU, 1 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.4187, 35.61554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITIC DIKE OCCURS BETWEEN SCHIST AND GRANITE. ERIC, J.H. LISTS THE COUNTRY ROCK AS BEING SCHIST AND LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION - ERIC, J. H., LISTS THIS PROSPECT AS BEING A SMALL PRODUCER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT. SHAFT WITH 20 FT. CROSSCUT, 20 FT. DRIFT, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES, P. 256 .

  • 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 .

  • Production

    TROXEL, AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE IS MARKED BY GREEN COPPER 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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