Revenue Copper

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077222
MRDS ID W024713
Record type Site
Current site name Revenue Copper
Related records 10237582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48945, 35.40584 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position ADJACENT TO NEW TRAIL MINE, 12 MILES NW OF CIMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015N 014E 04,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result AU, .12 - .16 OZ, AG. 3.87 - 4.54 OZ, COPPER 25.02 - 26.50 %, INSOLUBLE 11.8 - 28.50 %, IRON 16 - 21.0 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48945, 35.40584

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE STRIKES N 30 W, DIP 45 NE BETWEEN GRANITE WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1917 - 1919 FOUR CARS OF ORE SHIPPED, REPORTED TO ASSAY 25 % CU, AND $7 AU/TON. TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT. SHAFT, 100 FT CROSS CUT, AND VARIOUS CAVED LEVEL WORKINGS INCLUDING 40 FT. DRIFT ON 70 FT. LEVEL AND STOPES ON 40 AND 70 FT. LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 436 .

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 18 (AP.)

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , P. 18 (AP)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OCCURS ALONG INTRUSION OF PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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