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Copper Basin

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034030
MRDS ID M020709
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Basin
Related records 10237798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25579, 34.29421 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 13 MILES NORTH OF PARKER, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N 026E 03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result 3 - 12 % CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25579, 34.29421
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault; 400 Ft. South Of Inclined Shaft, Fault Intersects Veins, Displacing Them 50 - 100 Ft. To The East. Fault Strikes N 70 E, Dips 70 N.

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL - 45 E
    Depth to top 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REGION AT ONE TIME COVERED BY BASALT FLOW, IT HAS SINCE BEEN ERODED. UNDERLYING THE BASALT ARE RHYOLITE, QUARTZ - PORPHYRY AND DIORITE, THE LATTER TWO OCCUR IN WIDE DIKES WHICH COVER ENTIRE SURFACE OF CLAIMS. DIKES STRIKE NORTH, DIP VERTICALLY TO 45 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monumental

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12.14 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 12wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.27 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED FROM NO. 6 ASSAYED 12 % CU, NO. 4 ORE ASSAYED 5.2 % CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, INCLINED SHAFT ON COPPER BASIN NO. 4 ; INCLINED SHAFT TO DEPTH OF 300 FT., DRIFT AT 90 FT. DRIVEN SOUTH FOR 95 FT. COPPER BASIN NO. 6 ; VERTICAL SHAFT 100 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 431 - 432

  • Production

    TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 431 - 432 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MINERALIZATION ZONES OCCUR, EASTERLY ZONE HAS THICKNESS OF 5 - 40 FT., WESTERLY ZONE HAS THICKNESS OF 5 - 20 FT. WELL DEFINED 50 - 100 FT. WIDE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION WHERE FAULT INTERSECTS VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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