The Berkeley Prospect is a copper mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.26944, -121.12222
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Berkeley Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berkeley Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Rough And Ready
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ronald Fraser
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SLATE IS OF THE CALAVERAS SLATE.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 60 FT. SHAFT AND SHORT DRIFT.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Deposit): COMPLEX SULFIDE ZONE
Comment (Deposit): SECONDARY ORE. COMPRISED 480 ACRES. ORE CONTAINS PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, SPHALERITE, GOLD, AND SILVER.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 575 .
Reference (Deposit): MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 82
Reference (Deposit): V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT., 1957, P. 575
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