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Copper Chief

Occurrence in El Dorado 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092136
MRDS ID M007948
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Chief
Related records 10187217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81935, 38.89989 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. E. OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81935, 38.89989
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James, William And Beckstead, L. A.
    First year 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 216

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 479 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Deposit GOSSAN OUTCROPS 100 - 200 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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