The Contraband is a copper mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 3,550 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,550 Feet (1,082 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.87528, -120.81278
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Contraband MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Contraband
Secondary: Ford
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Asbestos
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: El Dorado Copper Co.
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS AND A 65-FT. INCLINE (IN 1908)
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 60 ACRES.
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1860, 1902, 1910. ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN AS HIGH AS 18 PERCENT OF COPPER IN PLACES. SOME PRODUCTION OF ASBESTOS RECORDED DURING PERIOD 1904-1906.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 214 - 216
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 479 .
Reference (Production): CLARK & CARLSON, 1956
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