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Ord Mountain Copper Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Molybdenum, 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. 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 10286634
MRDS ID M020766
MAS/MILS ID 0060711398
Record type Site
Current site name Ord Mountain Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Ord Mountain Copper Group, Osborn Group
Related records 10102993, 10237486

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.83007, 34.70281 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 007 N 001 E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Feldspar Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.83007, 34.70281
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 7528M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N00S:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 70HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 70
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Ord Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Osborn, J. L.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978
    First year 1908
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hansen Brothers
    First year 1908
    Last year 1909
  • Type Unknown
    Owner St. Joseph Lead Co. Leased 1920-1925
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Consolidated Virginia Mining Co 1927-1929
  • Type Unknown
    Owner H. J. Stevewnson 1942
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Symons Bros Screen Co.
    First year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nippissing Mining Co.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. A. Thiede 1957-1961
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Phelps Dodge Co 1958-Geophysical Work
    Home office California
    Year 1978
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Open Land Bureau Of Land Management.
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALTHOUGH ORD MT CONTAINS ONLY SMALL ORE BODIES CONTAINING ABOUT 2.5 PERCENT CU WHICH WOULD NOT BE ECONOMICALLY RECOVERABLE AT TODAYS PRICES AND MINING COSTS, THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT TONNAGES OF DISSEMINATED COPPER WITHIN THE WALL ROCKS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, DUE TO THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE FISSURE ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CAL., CAL STATE

  • Deposit

    MINING BUR. BULL. 50, P.336.

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O.E., 1954, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BARSTOW

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, SAN BERNARDINO CO. CAL., CAL DIV MINES BULL 165,

  • Deposit

    P.208

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, H. C., HAUGUENIN, E., & MERRILL, F. J. H., 1919,

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO CO IN MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF PORTIONS

  • Deposit

    OF CAL., CAL. STATE MIN. BUR. BULL. REPT. 15, P. 789, 808-

  • Deposit

    810.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J. 1894, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO CO, IN MINING AND

  • Deposit

    MINE PRODUCTS OF CAL, CAL STATE MIN BUR. REPT 12, P. 234,

  • Deposit

    AND REPT 13, P. 326.

  • Deposit

    CROSSMAN, J. H., 1889, CAL. STATE MIN BUREAU REPT. 9, P.

  • Deposit

    223, 226

  • Deposit

    DEGROOT, H., 1890, MINES AND MINING IN SAN BERN.CO.CAL., CAL

  • Deposit

    STATE MIN BUR RERT. 10, P. 528-529

  • Deposit

    GARDENER, D. L, 1940, GEOL. OF NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS,SAN BERN.

  • Deposit

    CO., CAL. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 36, P. 257-292

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D. F., 1954, MOJAVE DESERT REGION IN GEOL OF S. CAL,

  • Deposit

    CAL DIV. MINES BULL. 170, CHAPT. 11, P. 5-20 AND CHAPT. IV,

  • Deposit

    P. 5-18

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S., 1954,THE BATHOLITH OF S. CAL.IN GEOL OF S.CAL,

  • Deposit

    CAL DIV MINES REPT. 26, P. 217-218

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B, AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, CAL DIV. MINES REPT.

  • Deposit

    27, P. 265- 275. AND 1940, ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    NEWBERRY AND ORD MTNS., CAL DIV MINES REPT. 36, P. 232-254

  • Deposit

    AND 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERN. CO.,CAL JOUR MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. VOL 39, P.435-436.

  • Deposit

    WEBER, F. H., 1963, GEOL AND MIN. DEPOSITS OF THE ORD MNT.

  • Deposit

    DISTICT SAN BERN. CO. CAL. DIV. MINES & GEOL. SPECIAL REPT.

  • Deposit

    77,

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., STEWART, R. M., GAY, T. E., AND HAZENBUSH,G C

  • Deposit

    1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERN. CO., CAL. JOUR

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOL. VOL. 49, P. 66-67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1993 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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