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Green Dragon Claims

Occurrence in Kern 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034177
MRDS ID M020894
Record type Site
Current site name Green Dragon Claims
Related records 10212346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87062, 35.3861 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 7ILES NE OF CANTIL, NEAR MOUTH OF SMALL CANYON ON SOUTH-EAST FLANK OF EL PASO MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garlock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 038E 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 26 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.87062, 35.3861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 65 SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES, DEEPEST CUT IS 10 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY; CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QTZ. VEIN RANGES FROM 4 INCHES TO ONE FT., CAN BE TRACED ALONG WEST BANK OF STREAM CHANNEL. VEIN LOCALLY CONTAINS PODS OF SULFIDES. LARGEST POD IS 12 INCHES IN LENGTH AND DEPTH AND 1 INCH WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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Authoritative California resources

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