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Surprise

Occurrence in San Bernardino 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077223
MRDS ID W024714
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise
Related records 10257160

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19782, 34.84334 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position SOUTH EXTREMITY OF HINKLEY VALLEY, NW OF HODGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hodge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 003W 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19782, 34.84334
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT. SHAFT, ABOUT 50 FT. OF LEVEL OPENINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 20 (AP.)

  • Deposit

    TABULATED LIST IN BACK & PL 1 OF NO 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACES OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) 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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