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Native Copper

Occurrence in Mendocino 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034306
MRDS ID M021062
Record type Site
Current site name Native Copper
Related records 10116197

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.14526, 38.97209 (WGS84)
Relative position IN LOST VALLEY, 17 MILES SOUTH OF UKIAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yorkville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 012W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT COUNTRY ROCK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.14526, 38.97209
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 271

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F. L., 1916 : MENDOCINO COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 418

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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