The Cooper Hill is a copper mine located in Lassen county, California at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.26389, -120.85556
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Cooper Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cooper Hill
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE ENGLES COPPER BELT. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED COPPER MINERALIZATION
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W017793 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.C., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 144, P. 258.
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1921, LASSEN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU 17TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 507-508.
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