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Copper King

Past Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076541
MRDS ID W023602
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King
Alternate or previous names Hart
Related records 10260732

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.44568, 36.91105 (WGS84)
Elevation 488

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humphreys Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dry(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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 023E 02,03,10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.44568, 36.91105
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1901 , 1902 , 1904 - 1907 , 1915 - 1917

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Period - 1907
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION UP TILL 1917 HAD BEEN CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN 50,000 TONS OF 8 % CU. NO RECORDED PB OR ZN PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT NEARLY 800 FT. DEEP, AND INCLINED SHAFT WAS ABOUT 700 FT. DEEP. THERE WERE SIX LEVELS TOTALING OVER 2500 FT IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 446 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., ETAL, 1951 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 3 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 500 - 501 .

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A. ETAL, 1951 , P. 500 - 501

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPLEX SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN FOOTHILL COPPER BELT, QUARTZ STRINGERS CUTTING AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST INTRUDED BY GRANITE.

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.

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