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Copconis Prospect

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067588
MRDS ID W000373
Record type Site
Current site name Copconis Prospect
Related records 10163585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55538, 37.14662 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.55538, 37.14662
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT OF SCHIST, MARBLE, AND CALC-SILICATE ROCK IN QUARTZ MONZONITE HAS SHEAR ZONE, AVERAGE STRIKE N. 65 DEG. W., DIP 75 DEG. NE., WHICH SHOWS DISCONTINUOUS STRINGERS OF PYRRHOTITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, COBALITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sherwin (?)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LIMITED TONNAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VHAY, J. S., 1952, CHAPT. VI IN MATERIALS SURVEY: COBALT; NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34, P. 368-500

  • Deposit

    BILBREY, J. H., JR., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST PICKED SAMPLE IN MINE OF THE BISHOP SILVER-COBALT COMPANY ON LONG LAKE ASSAYED 0.88% CO, 0.69% CU, 0.11% NI ACROSS 14 IN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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