Wabash Mining Co

Occurrence in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034296
MRDS ID M021049
Record type Site
Current site name Wabash Mining Co
Related records 10236013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.43985, 36.90938 (WGS84)
Relative position SURROUNDS COPPER KING MINE ON ALL SIDES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humphreys Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dry(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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 023E 02,03,10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.43985, 36.90938

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 234.7M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ONE 40 FT. DEEP THE OTHER OVER 30 FT. DEEP. ONE TUNNEL HAS BEEN RUN OVER 400 FT. AND ANOTHER 300 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 287

  • 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 FORMATION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE COPPER KING MINE

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.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.