Iron Capping Group

Prospect in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10214527
MRDS ID M020970
MAS/MILS ID 0061070241
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Capping Group
Alternate or previous names Mcgeorge Group, Uncle Sam Claim, Tipparey Claim, Homestake Claimn, Big Lion Claim, Lottie Claim, See Powell Mine
Related records 10034234

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.62313, 36.19307 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tule(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 S 031 E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.62313, 36.19307

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 352.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 711.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1992 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

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