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Copper World

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103521
MRDS ID M024281
Record type Site
Current site name Copper World
Related records 10213168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.80111, 34.23447 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 AIRLINE MILES NE FROM TWENTYNINE PALMS

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 Valley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 002N 011E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.80111, 34.23447
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip STEEP
    Length 91.44M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND IRON ORE IS MARKED BY THIN SEAM OF CHLORITE SCHIST, CHLORITE ALSO EXTENDS INTO THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur C. Becker

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND A SHORT CROSS-CUT ADIT. A LARGE PART OF THE ORE HAS BEEN BLASTED TO THE FLOOR OF THE WASH REMOVING THE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL 1953: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 93-95

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL, P. 93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP CHANGES FROM 65SW TO 65NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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