Daley

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077250
MRDS ID W024761
Record type Site
Current site name Daley
Alternate or previous names Barona
Related records 10213569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82946, 33.07117 (WGS84)
Elevation 384
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF RAMONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Diego(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013S 001E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE OCCUR BELOW OXIDE ZONE 30 FT., OTHER MINERALS LIE ABOVE ZONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 - 3 % CU, 6 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 , 1916 - 1919 (?)

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT TO DEPTH OF ABOUT 115 FT. LEVEL WORKINGS ARE APPENDED TO THE SHAFT, SHALLOW WORKINGS FLANK THE COLLAR OF SHAFT. 750 FT. WEST AND 125 FT. LOWER THAN SHAFTS COLLAR IS AN ADIT, LENGTH NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 320

  • Deposit

    WEBER, F.H., JR., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COUNTY REPORT 3 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 69 , 70

  • Production

    WEBER, F.H. JR., 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN NORTH - TRENDING PENDANT OF SCHIST BORDERED BY GRANITE
Deposit COMPRISED OF 100 ACRES

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.

Authoritative California resources

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