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Grey Copper

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102988
MRDS ID M020736
Record type Site
Current site name Grey Copper
Alternate or previous names Shadow Mountain Group
Related records 10262054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.80668, 35.55222 (WGS84)
Relative position SHADOW MTN. WEST OF CLARK MTN. DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Kingston Spring(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

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 017N 011E 15,16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.80668, 35.55222
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shadow Mtn.

Comments on the production information

  • SEPERATE LEAD AND COPPER SHIPMENTS MADE TO MIDVALE AND SELBY IN 1947 - 1950 AND 1951 . RECOVERY OF LAST LEAD SHIPMENT; 17.2 % PB AND 20.40 OZ AG/TON. COPPER SHIPMENT; 4.3 % CU, SOME PB, AU, AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF LEVEL WORKINGS.

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. 666

  • 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. 11 (AP.)

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 666

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WRIGHT, L.A. REPORTS THIS MINE TO THE FOSTER MINE.
Deposit SHATTERED ZONE

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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