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Zuma Claims

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103008
MRDS ID M020918
Record type Site
Current site name Zuma Claims
Alternate or previous names Copperola, Zuma A
Related records 10285045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.84923, 35.42888 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 1/2 MILES NE OF CANTIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garlock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 038E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/24 SEC. 12 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.84923, 35.42888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 40 NW
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOLIATED GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941

Comments on the production information

  • 30 TONS OF COPPER BEARING QUARTZ SHIPPED TO SMELTER IN UTAH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL SHAFT IS INCLINED 40 DEG. NW TO DEPTH OF 165 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 89

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962 , P. 89 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN POORLY EXPOSED ON SURFACE-COPPER STRAINING COMMON IN WALL ROCK.
Deposit FORMERLY DESCRIBED UNDER COPPEROLA GROUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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