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Caveman

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034267
MRDS ID M021011
Record type Site
Current site name Caveman
Alternate or previous names Scudder
Related records 10115176

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83774, 33.1034 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES EAST OF GLAMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012S 020E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83774, 33.1034
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10-30W
    Dip 10 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between Schist And Granitic Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHIST APPEARS TO BE A LARGE INCLUSION IN AN APOPHYSIS OF THE GRANITIC ROCK IN A STILL LARGER BODY OF SCHIST AND GNEISS. MAIN MASS OF GRANITIC ROCK IS PROMINENTLY EXPOSED ALONG THE CANYON WALL TO THE NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paymaster

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND A 40 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144: DIV. OF MINES, P. 236.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPORT 7: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. 111.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SCHIST AND QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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