Trampa Canyon

Occurrence in Monterey 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095262
MRDS ID M021070
Record type Site
Current site name Trampa Canyon
Related records 10261797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.62934, 36.40911 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF TULARCITOS RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carmel Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Sur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 003E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.62934, 36.40911

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED ZONE IN SUR SERIES MARBLE NEAR CONTACT WITH SANTA LUCIA QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT IN TRAMPA CANYON, 1000 FT. NORTH OF RANCH HOUSE ABANDONED 1931

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HART, E.W., 1966 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY CANYON, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 5 , : DIV. OF MINES, P. 122

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 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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