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Copper Commander

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034032
MRDS ID M020712
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Commander
Related records 10140560

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.5289, 35.50194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 22 MILES NORTH OF CIMA - ADJOINS COPPER WORLD ON NW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 016N 013E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE LOW GRADE - AVG. 4 % CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.5289, 35.50194
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN SE ON CONTACT FOR 140 FT., NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 209 .

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 6 (AP.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 200 FT. WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE AT CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITIC PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE, ORE OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE PORPHYRY FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM CONTACT.

Reporter information

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

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