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Copper Mountain

Occurrence in Tulare 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034226
MRDS ID M020960
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain
Related records 10263169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57649, 36.66579 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sphinx Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kings Canyon National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014S 031E 34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 2 - 25 % CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.57649, 36.66579
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • 18 FT. SHAFT, ADIT 5 FT. AND AN OPEN CUT 50 FT. LONG ON EAST SIDE OF ROARING RIVER: ON WEST SIDE IS AN OLD SHAFT AND DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 ; COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 292

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 352

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1958 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54 , NO. 3 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 420 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERAL BELT IS A MILE WIDE
Deposit ACTIVE 1900'S NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 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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