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Copper World

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034036
MRDS ID M020718
Record type Site
Current site name Copper World
Alternate or previous names Ivanpah, Old Ivanpul Copper, Dewey, Ivanpah Copper.
Related records 10237823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.60334, 35.505 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 4 AIRLINE MILES NW OF MOUNTAIN PASS

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 016N 013E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOW-GRADE ORE 2 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Goodsprings Dolomite
    Rock description Goodsprings Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.60334, 35.505
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 50 SW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DOLOMITE IS WIDELY EXPOSED ON WEST SIDE OF CLARK MTN., IT HAS A GENERAL NW STRIKE, SW DIP, IN MINE AREA IT IS HIGHLY DEFORMED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1906 - 1908 , 1916 - 1918 , 1944

Mining district

District name Clark Mtn.

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN PRODUCTION 1917 - 1920 WHEN SMELTER RECOVERY AVERAGED 6.75 % CU, 10 % PB, 5.8 OZ AG/TON, SOME GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • COPPER WORLD WORKINGS; SERIES OF LARGE OPEN CUTS, AT 5180 FT. MAIN TUNNEL IS DRIVEN N 40 W FOR 753 FT., DRIFTS SW FOR 100 FT. WHERE WINZE WAS SUNK ON CONTACT TO DEPTH OF 75 FT. AT BOTTOM OF WINZE, CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN N 40 E, FOR 40 FT., AT THIS LEVEL THERE ARE OVER 2000 FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS. 45 FT. ABOVE MAIN TUNNEL IS ANOTHER TUNNEL 600 FT. IN LENGTH. DEWEY WORKINGS; 4 TUNNELS, UPPER TUNNEL 125 FT. LONG DRIVEN NW AND STOPED TO SURFACE FOR 75 FT., 25 FT. BELOW IS AN OPEN CUT AND50 FT. TUNNEL. 50 FT. BELOW THIS IS A NW TUNNEL 75 FT. LONG, ORE STOPED TO TUNNEL ABOVE. LOWER TUNNEL, DRIVEN N 65 W FOR 180 FT., THEN DRIFTS NW 100 FT. TO WINZE 75 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 625

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 432 - 433

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV OF MINES, P. 63

  • Production

    GOODWIN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH BODIES OF SILICATE MINERALS FORMED AS ALTERATIONS OF GOODSPRING DOLOMITE NEAR SILL-LIKE BODIES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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