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Orange Blossom

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095238
MRDS ID M020905
Record type Site
Current site name Orange Blossom
Related records 10260613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94951, 35.3511 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF GYPSITE, SE FLANK OF EL PASO MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cantil(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 038E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 70 S
    Length 15.24M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • 75 FT. DRIFT AND 85 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES, P. 256

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 1 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 88

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., ETAL, 1949 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 45 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES P. 208 - 209 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALS IN 5 LENTICULAR BODIES OF IRON GOSSAN. PLACER GOLD HAS BEEN FOUND IN GRAVELS IN GULCHES BELOW GOSSAN.
Deposit ERIC LISTS COUNTRY ROCK AS LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE, TUCKER LIST COUNTRY ROCK AS DIORITE AND SCHIST, WHILE TROXEL AND MORTON GENERALIZE THEM INTO GRANITIC ROCK AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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