Copper Empire Group

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163216
MAS/MILS ID 0060270117
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Empire Group
Alternate or previous names Grasshopper No. 22, Copper Empire Group Montana Claim, Montana Claim, Rebecca No. 1, Best Chance, Blue Eagle, Mazourka Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.09232, 36.88076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mazourka Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 035 E 25 E2NENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.09232, 36.88076

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 86-83, 1983, TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    NO. 79, P. 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-1994 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.