Santa Catalina

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072444
MRDS ID W017795
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Catalina
Alternate or previous names Santa Catalina Island
Related records 10139448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51257, 33.45003 (WGS84)
Relative position CHERRY VALLEY HARBOR, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Catalina West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Catalina Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Long Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pedro Channel Islands(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008S 016W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCHER ALSO OCCURS THERE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51257, 33.45003

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED

Comments on the workings information

  • 142 FT. DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 260

  • Deposit

    GAY, T.E. JR. AND HOFFMAN, S.R., 1954 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 50 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 613 - 614 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 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

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