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Kenawyer

Occurrence in Fresno county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034291
MRDS ID M021043
Record type Site
Current site name Kenawyer
Alternate or previous names Kings River Canyon
Related records 10207886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68205, 36.79078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NEAR JUNCTION OF COPPER CRK. WITH S. FORK OF KINGS RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Grove(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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S 031E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10 % CU, $11 AU/TON

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) -118.68205, 36.79078
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND A PERPENDICULAR CLIFF 100 FT. HIGH SHOWS VEIN ON ITS FACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 289.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1914 : FRESNO COUNTY, 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF MIN. BUR., P. 438.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 6 - 15 FT. IN WIDTH, TRACEABLE FOR OVER 2 MILES ALONG THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

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

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