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Uncle Sam

Past Producer in Fresno 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  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 10034295
MRDS ID M021048
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam
Related records 10212190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81288, 36.86745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wren Peak(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

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Monarch Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 029E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81288, 36.86745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT. SHAFT, 8 FT. OF DRIFT, A 50 FT. ADIT AND SMALL SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 234

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FROM FEW INCHES TO 2 FT. IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

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

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