Copper Charlie

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188994
MRDS ID M023634
MAS/MILS ID 0060711533
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Charlie
Alternate or previous names Section 5 Prospect
Related records 10103378

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.54473, 34.81502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Van Winkle Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(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

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008 N 014 E 05 W2W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.54473, 34.81502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III

  • Deposit

    - SOUTHERN CALIFONRIA: P. 120.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-3, 1988,

  • Deposit

    NO. 82, PLATE, 2.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 32-84, 1984, NO. 4,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 2, P. 20; FIGURE 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Munts, Steven R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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