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Bagdad-Chase Mine

Plant in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189217
MRDS ID M020680
MAS/MILS ID 0060710068
Record type Site
Current site name Bagdad-Chase Mine
Alternate or previous names Pacific Mine, Camp Rochester, Barstow Mill, Pacific Mines, Roosevelt Consolidated
Related records 10034008

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.16775, 34.62752 (WGS84)
Elevation 793
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006 N 008 E 08 C NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Inyoite Unknown
Iodobromite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 27N
    Thickness 6M
    Length 457M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip E00W:27N
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Strike E00W
    Dip 27N
    Thickness 6M
    Width 3.2M
    Area 90HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:27N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 90
    Date of Last Modification 971107

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1904
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Buckeye District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bagdad Chase Mining Co.
    ID 404331
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hobbs, Present Owner 1943, September
    ID 404331
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bagdad-Chase Inc.
    ID 404331
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clark Mining And Exploration
    ID 404331
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bagdad-Chase Ltd.
    ID 404331
    Home office California
    Year 1978
    First year 1940
    Last year 1943
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D'Aix Syndicate Mined From 1938-1939
    ID 404331
    Home office California
    Year 1978
    First year 1938
    Last year 1939
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Mines Corp. Mined From 1910-1916
    ID 404331
    Home office California
    Year 1978
    First year 1910
    Last year 1916
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bagdad-Chase Mining Co.
    ID 404331
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978
    First year 1904
    Last year 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, H.E., HUGUEN, N.E., AND MERRILL, F.J.H., 1919, SAN

  • Deposit

    BERNADINO CO., CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 15 P. 775-899.

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU PROPERTIES OF CAL. CAL. D

  • Deposit

    IU. MINES, BULL. 144, P. 199-357.

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, D.L., 1940, GEOLOGY OF THE NEWBERRY ANDORD MOUNTAIN

  • Deposit

    S, SAN BERNADINO CO. CAL., CAL. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL

  • Deposit

    . 36, P. 257-292.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1921, LOS ANGLES FIELD DIV., SAN BERNADINO CO.

  • Deposit

    CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 17, P. 333-374.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1923, LOS ANGLES FIELD DIV., SAN BERNADINO CO.

  • Deposit

    CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 19, P. 165-173.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., LOS ANGLES FIELD DIVISION, SAN

  • Deposit

    BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 26, P. 202-235

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, LOS ANGLES FIELD DIV., SA

  • Deposit

    N BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 27, P 262-401.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUT

  • Deposit

    HERN CAL., SAN BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT 30, P. 32

  • Deposit

    3-326.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY I

  • Deposit

    N SOUTHERN CAL., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 36, P.29.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE NEWBERRY AND ORD MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNADINO CO., CAL DI

  • Deposit

    U. MIN. RPT. 36, P. 232-256.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN

  • Deposit

    BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 39, P. 247-549.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., STEWART, R.M., GAY, T.E., 1953, MINES AND MINE

  • Deposit

    RAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNADINO CO., CAL, CALF. JOUR. MINES AN

  • Deposit

    D GEOL., VOL. 49, P. 71-73.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.

  • Deposit

    LONDON MINING JOURNAL. BENTLEY EXPANDS BAGDAD HOLDINGS.

  • Deposit

    APRIL 17, 1987, P. 292.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BAGDAD-CHASE MINE WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF GOLD AND COPPER IN SAN BERNADINO COUNTY. THE ORE OCCURS IN A FAULT BRECCIA AND IS VERY SILICEOUS. IT WAS GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN WW II

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-NOV-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/03/1982
MSHA mine ID0404331
Mine name (MSHA)Bagdad Chase Mine
Current operatorTranscorp Technology Inc
Current controller (parent)Transcorp Ltd
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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