Santa Catalina Island Deposits

Prospect in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139448
MRDS ID W017795
MAS/MILS ID 0060370552
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Catalina Island Deposits
Alternate or previous names Santa Catalina
Related records 10072444

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.504, 33.45113 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Catalina West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Catalina Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Long Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 016 W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.504, 33.45113

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 23, 1927, P. 291.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 50, 1954, P. 613-614.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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