Nelson Claim

Prospect in Madera county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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 10163503
MRDS ID M020807
MAS/MILS ID 0060390016
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson Claim
Alternate or previous names Nelson, California Copper Co., Daulton Group
Related records 10034106

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.96488, 37.12074 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daulton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 S 018 E 25 NWSWNW California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM ALSO REPORTED IN SEC. 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.96488, 37.12074

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. BULLETIN 50, 1908, P. 274.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 263.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1993 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.