Antelope Copper Mine

Prospect in San Benito county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212704
MRDS ID W024682
MAS/MILS ID 0060690070
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Antelope
Related records 10077212

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.9938, 36.66494 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mendota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pajaro(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 S 009 E 04 N2N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.9938, 36.66494

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 22, 1926, P. 231-233.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 266.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.