Barber No. 2

Occurrence in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034222
MRDS ID M020955
Record type Site
Current site name Barber No. 2
Related records 10190373

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.88344, 36.08664 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF PORTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Success Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tule(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021S 029E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result $3 - 4 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.88344, 36.08664

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 ; COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 290 - 292 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 352

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1958 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54 , NO. 3 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 419 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN CAPS VEIN 20 - 30 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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