California Claim

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102480
MRDS ID M002995
Record type Site
Current site name California Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45157, 36.63612 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 11 MILES DUE EAST OF HIGHWAY 89

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Monkey Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 037N 009E Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAJOR AND MINOR ORE MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result FROM 8 AND 10 CHANNLE SAMPLES, 0.14 OZ. AG AND 0.13 OZ. AG WERE COLLECTED RESPECTIVELY. THE TOTAL 18 SAMPLES WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN AN AVERAGE OF 0.82 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Referred To As The Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Host Rock Is Referred To As The Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.45157, 36.63612

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 10 Miles East Of Echo Cliffs Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Mostly On North - Northwest Trending Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • TOTAL AREA OF MINERALIZED BODY EQUALS 430,000 SQ. FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 : TOTAL TONNAGE PRODUCED UP TO 1955

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Total resources 7374000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.15 wt-pct Copper Major 1955

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COPPER ORE RESERVES ARE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: 14,000,000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES, 1,645,000 TONS OF INDICATED ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS, AND 615,000 TONS OF INDICATED ORE BEING REASONABLY ASSURED. THIS TOTAL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • CALIFORNIA CLAIM WAS EXPLORED BY SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPREADING OF FLOAT PRACTICALLY NIL
Deposit THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES; DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT; AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS, ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. CALIFORNIA CLAIM BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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