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Copperopolis Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033371
MRDS ID M015700
Record type Site
Current site name Copperopolis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68077, 44.55791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500

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 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68077, 44.55791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE IS REPORTED TO OCCUR WITH SULFIDES IN THE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE BRECCIA PIPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Payton
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • 250 TONS OF ORE WERE MILLED IN 1906; GRADE AND DISPOSITION OF CONCENTRATES IS NOT KNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS 250 TONS OF ORE WERE MILLED IN 1906; GRADE AND DISPOSITION OF CONCENTRATES IS NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 113

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 84

  • Deposit

    1976 COMPIL ODGMI SUMMARY REPOR

  • Production

    ODGMI 1976 SUMMARY REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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

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