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Victor Bananza Group

Past Producer in Merced 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034300
MRDS ID M021055
Record type Site
Current site name Victor Bananza Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95572, 36.78687 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES SW OF DOS PALOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Merced(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ortigalita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mendota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Merced

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S;013S 010E;009E 30,31;14,16,24,15,23,25,IN,T,13S,R9E. California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1901 , 1902 , 1903 , 1904 , 1913

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 172

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK, 1925 : SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIV.; 21ST REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 179 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BELT 5 OR 6 MILES, WIDTH FROM 100 - 200 FT.

Reporter information

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

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