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Powell Mine

Prospect in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10214759
MAS/MILS ID 0061070257
Record type Site
Current site name Powell Mine
Alternate or previous names Tule Copper Property, Optimo Nos 1-6., Able Lode Claim, Sequoia Zinc, Toughgoing Group, Cedar, Moses Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.63422, 35.20919 (WGS84)
Elevation 1540
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

Bear Mountain(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 019 S 031 E 32 W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

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

    AUBURY,L.E.,1905, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL.2,PP.234-237

  • Deposit

    AUBURY,L.E.,1908, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG,

  • Deposit

    BULL.50, PP.290-293

  • Deposit

    ERIC,J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, CDMG, BULL.144, PP.

  • Deposit

    352-353

  • Deposit

    FRANKE,H.A.,1930, MINING IN CALIFORNIA: 26TH REPORT OF THE

  • Deposit

    STATE MINERALOGIST, V.26, NO.1, PP.435-437, 467-471

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN,GRANT, 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA:CJMG, V.53,

  • Deposit

    NO.3 AND 4, PP.708-18

  • Deposit

    TUCKER,W.B., 1916, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PORTIONS

  • Deposit

    OF CALIFORNIA: 15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, PP.908-

  • Deposit

    LL, 952-953

  • Deposit

    LIPTON. D.A., 1983, MINERAS RESOURCES OF THE MOSES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REPORT MLA 62-83.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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