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Copperopolis

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, 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. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033077
MRDS ID M014982
Record type Site
Current site name Copperopolis
Related records 10201411

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68105, 44.56152 (WGS84)

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 012S 033E 01 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SURFACE OUTCROPS SHOW REPLACEMENT MASS 1000 FEET LONG AND 75 FEET WIDE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Tourmaline Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68105, 44.56152
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form REPLACEMENT BODY
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip STEEPLY
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GABBRO IS SHEARED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the production information

  • 250 TONS (1906)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Width 1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT DRIFTS AND ONE ABOUT 1500 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 846-A, PAGE 100-101

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 14-B, PAGE 113

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-AUG-1992 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey EDITED HOST ROCK TYPE, HOST ROCK AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPE, ASSOCIATED ROCK AGE, HOST ROCK UNIT NAME, HOST ROCK UNIT AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT NAME, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT AGE.
Editor 01-OCT-1993 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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