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Bucks Peak

Occurrence in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034287
MRDS ID M021039
Record type Site
Current site name Bucks Peak
Related records 10285307

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.40902, 36.90272 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF BLACK MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humphreys Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dry(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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 023E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.40902, 36.90272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 287 - 288

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 233

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS - 30 FT. APART, ONE IS 1 FT. THICK, THE OTHER 3 FT. THICK.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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