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Texas Ranger Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034192
MRDS ID M020913
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Ranger Group
Related records 10188146

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70923, 35.49527 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGECREST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Paso Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 028S 040E 18,19 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 SEC. 18 , SEC. 19 ; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

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) -117.70923, 35.49527
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rademacher

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO DRIFT ADITS DRIVEN S 65 E AND S 50 E ON FRACTURES, A FEW TENS OF FEET APART IN SW PART OF SEC. 19 . NUMEROUS CUTS BY BULLDOZER AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS ON OTHER FRACTURES.

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. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER AND IRON STAINS ON FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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