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Green Mountain

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067583
MRDS ID W000368
Record type Site
Current site name Green Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99737, 37.27243 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ben Hur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CO ANALYSES OF UP TO 0.18% HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON SAMPLES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99737, 37.27243
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PYRRHOTITE - CHALCOPYRITE ORE BODIES IN SERICITE SCHIST BETWEEN GRANODIORITE ON EAST AND DIORITE ON WEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Green Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • PAST CU PRODUCTION BETWEEN 100,000 AND 1 MILLION TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY CONSIDERABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, JOHN H., 1948, CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 144, P. 267

  • Deposit

    BILBREY, J. H., JR., BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRC. 8103, P. 28

  • Production

    REF. (1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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