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Blue Cloud

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102979
MRDS ID M020690
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Cloud
Related records 10286928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3244, 34.24087 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF EARP, SOUTH SLOPE WHIPPLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N 025E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRECCIATED ZONE CEMENTED WITH SPECULAR HEMATITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3244, 34.24087
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITE DIKE IN PRE-CAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW CUTS, 1000 FT. NW IS VERTICAL SHAFT REPORTED DEPTH OF 300 - 400 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 4 (AP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED ZONES IN DIKE WITH THIN SEAMS AND COATINGS OF CHRYSOCOLLA. DIKE STRIKES N 30 W, DIPS 50 SW, 3 - 12 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

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

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

External references

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