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Lion's Nest

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034236
MRDS ID M020973
Record type Site
Current site name Lion's Nest
Related records 10238590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57704, 36.45079 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia 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 017S 031E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :MINERAL KING GAME REFUGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.57704, 36.45079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 70 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN BELT OF UPTILTED STRATA OF LIMESTONE, SLATES AND SHALES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral King

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG, MOUTH OF TUNNEL COVERED BY SLIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 353

  • 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. 422

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1919 : TULARE COUNTY: 15TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 909

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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