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Copper Prince

Past Producer in Lake county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030649
MRDS ID M008939
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prince
Related records 10211780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67301, 38.79071 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF MIDDLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whispering Pines(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 007W 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTED: $6 AU/TON AND 25 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67301, 38.79071
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. AND TWO OTHER ADITS; 50 FT-CROSSCUT ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1929 : SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIV.; 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 341

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 257 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 6 - 8 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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