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Copper Tail

Occurrence in Inyo 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. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033971
MRDS ID M020627
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Tail
Related records 10163533

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0551, 37.23412 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS GREEN MONSTER CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cowhorn Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 036E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.0551, 37.23412
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 306

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGE; 4 FT. WIDE ON SURFACE PINCHES AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 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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