Saddle Claim

Occurrence in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034110
MRDS ID M020812
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Claim
Related records 10284946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.1329, 37.64021 (WGS84)
Relative position IN A SADDLE ABOUT A MILE WEST OF SAM'S DREAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ritter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(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)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 026E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.1329, 37.64021

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1926 , SPECIAL ARTICLES; 22ND REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 556

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 4 AND 20 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

Authoritative California resources

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