1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Tippecanoe Mine

Past Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098543
MRDS ID M100107
Record type Site
Current site name Tippecanoe Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 3 of 5 Claims In Saddle Blanket Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.32929, 36.88606 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot In Sect, 14

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trimmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(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 024E 14;15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.32929, 36.88606
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Body Cut Off By A Granite Dike; No Ore Found On Other Side Of Dike

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Watts Valley Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, P. 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-80 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.