The Painter is a copper mine located in Fresno county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Painter MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Painter
Secondary: McKinsey
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 15 % CU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN CROPPINGS 1 - 20 FT. WIDE, VEIN MATTER IS METADIABASE CHANGING IN SOME PLACES TO TALCOSE SCHIST. VEIN 4 - 7 FT. THICK.
Comment (Commodity): SOME RICH ORE INCLOSED IN TALC
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF COPPER ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT 110 FT. DEEP, AN INCLINED SHAFT 80 FT. DEEP. SHAFT HAS DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS TOTALING 160 FT., ANOTHER SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 50 FT. IN CARBONATES. OPEN CUT 6 - 7 FT. DEEP. FROM 1 ST SHAFT DRIFTS EXTEND BOTH EAST AND WEST FOR 45 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 278 - 279
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., ETAL; 1951 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 3 DIV. OF MINES, P. 502
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