Wabash Mining Co

The Wabash Mining Co is a 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

Name: Wabash Mining Co  

State:  California

County:  Fresno

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 36.90944, -119.43889

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Wabash Mining Co MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wabash Mining Co


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: California
County: Fresno


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, ONE 40 FT. DEEP THE OTHER OVER 30 FT. DEEP. ONE TUNNEL HAS BEEN RUN OVER 400 FT. AND ANOTHER 300 FT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN FORMATION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE COPPER KING MINE


References

Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 287

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 234


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