Navajo Chief

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10033986
MRDS ID	M020648
Record type	Site
Current site name	Navajo Chief
Related records	10163725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.56535, 36.59136 (WGS84)
Elevation	1219
Relative position	1/4 MILE SOUTH OF DODD'S SPRING
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	015S	040E	36		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Malachite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.56535, 36.59136	ListMap

Ore body information

Strike N

Dip 80 E

Thickness 15.24M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Ubehebe

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M020648

Bibliographic references

Deposit

AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 303 - 304

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VEIN OUTCROPS FOR 1,000 FT.

Reporter information

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