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Chaparral

Occurrence in Amador 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095040
MRDS ID M004851
Record type Site
Current site name Chaparral
Related records 10235833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86241, 38.30323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 010E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86241, 38.30323
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1864

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Bay Municipal Utility District
    Home office Oakland, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1860'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 225

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS DECOMPOSED IRONSTONE AND SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

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