Globe Consolidated

Past Producer in Placer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102948
MRDS ID M012165
Record type Site
Current site name Globe Consolidated
Related records 10164689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10575, 38.90628 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 008E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10575, 38.90628

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. R. Tracy
    First year 1915

Comments on the production information

  • 1916 ; SAID TO HAVE SHIPPED TWO CARS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT. INCLINE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A.; 1919 , PLACER COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 329 .

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

  • Deposit

    15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 329

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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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