Settle Up

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095224
MRDS ID M020660
Record type Site
Current site name Settle Up
Related records 10183952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55674, 36.5508 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF DODD'S SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackass Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 041E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ubehebe

Comments on the workings information

  • 18 SHORT PROSPECT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A., 1915 , INYO COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ORES OF COPPER OCCUR ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND LIMESTONE. SAID TO OUTCROP FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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