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Volcan Copper Company

Occurrence in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036154
MRDS ID M024211
Record type Site
Current site name Volcan Copper Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.50625, 37.51799 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG IRON CREEK, IN VICINITY OF HOGUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 005S;005S 022E;023E 01,12,14,06,07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITTLE COPPER STAIN WAS SEEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.50625, 37.51799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEGREGATED LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Raymond

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert S. Fletcher

Comments on the workings information

  • DIAMOND DRILLED, SEVERAL OLD TUNNELS, SHAFTS AND OTHER WORKINGS ARE IN EVIDENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928: 24TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST: CA. MIN. BUR., P. 336

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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