Copperopolis

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201411
MRDS ID M014982
MAS/MILS ID 0410230045
Record type Site
Current site name Copperopolis
Related records 10033077

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.67995, 44.55795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 033 E 01 NWSENE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Cobaltite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.67995, 44.55795

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 61M
    Length 12M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Quartzburg District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lee And Mabel Payton
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE COPPEROPOLIS DEPOSIT HAS 1270O M.TONS INFERRED RESERVES N THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT EXTENDS 100 FT. ABOVE & BELOW ADIT GRADE OF RESERVES BASED ON SAMPLING OF STOPE WALLS ON ADIT LEVEL. DEPOSIT IS ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN AND ASSUMED TO BE ROUGHLY CYLINDRICAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, 1933, P. 100-101.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-B, 1941, P. 113

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 151.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-92 Hull, D.A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references