Helen-Joyce Prospect

Prospect in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190029
MAS/MILS ID 0061070395
Record type Site
Current site name Helen-Joyce Prospect
Alternate or previous names Elder Berry Claims, Moses Rare Ii Area, Lottie, Iron Capping, Tipparey, Homestake, Big Lion

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.62202, 35.19579 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keene(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 S 031 E 10 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.62202, 35.19579

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC,J.H.,1948,COPPER IN CALIFORNIA:CDMG 144, PT.3,P.353

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN,J.G.,1957,MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,CALIFORNIA:CJMG, V.53, NO.3 AND NO.4, P.709-717

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 422.

  • Deposit

    LIPTON, D.A., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE MOSES (NO.

  • Deposit

    5203) AND DENNISON PEAK (NO. 5202) RARE II AREAS, TULARE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA

  • Deposit

    62-83, TABLE 1, NO. 5, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.