Whipple

Occurrence in Mendocino 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031361
MRDS ID M010073
Record type Site
Current site name Whipple
Related records 10236881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.43582, 39.07737 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big-Navarro-Garcia(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 014W 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.43582, 39.07737

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rawles Family, Et. Al.

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 15 FT. LONG AND 10 FT. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1953 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 ; NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 381

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN SEAMS OF COPPER CARBONATES

Reporter information

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

Authoritative California resources

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