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Copper World Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237823
MRDS ID M020718
MAS/MILS ID 0060711269
Record type Site
Current site name Copper World Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Ivanpah Copper Co., Copper World, Dewey Ivanpah, Ivanpah Copper, Copperworld Quartz Nos. 1 and 2
Related records 10034036

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.60364, 35.5053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016 N 013 E 05 SENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.60364, 35.5053
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 136-138.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 635.

  • Deposit

    DMPA-2182.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-15, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 9, PLATES 6 AND 7.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 85, P. 72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-FEB-1995 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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