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Eagle Nest Copper Mine

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064460
MRDS ID TC38836
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Nest Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Badger-State, Crescent

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.9147, 33.79172 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INCA SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arlington Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 020E 29,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF MCCOY MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.9147, 33.79172
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 35N
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • CU CONTENT OF ORES 1-25%, TOTAL PRODUCITON VALUED AT $7000.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS NO. 1-9 WITH THE PRINCIPAL WORK AT NO. 7, A 200 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN EAST. 100 FT INTO TUNNEL, A N INCLINED SHAFT IS SUNK 40 FT INTO VEINS N20E, 70E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 124-125

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONE, MINERALIZATION IN CROSS FRACTURES N20E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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