The Bagdad - Chase is a gold and copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Bagdad - Chase MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bagdad - Chase
Secondary: Pacific
Secondary: Barstow Mill
Secondary: Butte Hill Group.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Stedman
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1916
Time Period: 1910 - 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.82 % Cu, .35 Oz Au/Ton 1.5 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults; North - Striking, 240 Ft. Of Displacement.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): 400 FT. LEVEL OF THE 450 FT. INCLINED SHAFT PRODUCED 8,000 - 9,000 TONS OF ORE. MINOR LEAD ALSO RECOVERABLE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN IGNEOUS BRECCIA ON CONTACT BETWEEN MONZONITE AND RHYOLITE. THICKNESS VARIES 8 - 20 FT. ORE IS VERY SILICEOUS, HEAVILY STAINED WITH IRON AND COPPER OXIDES, ALSO SILICATES.
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS, VERTICAL SHAFT 400 FT. DEEP, ANOTHER ONE 125 FT. DEEP, AND AN INCLINED SHAFT 450 FT. IN DEPTH. STOPING ON 125 FT. SHAFT TO SURFACE GLORY HOLE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BRECCIATED MATERIAL IS A RESULT OF FAULTING CONSISTING OF BOTH RHYOLITE AND MONZONITE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED WITH HIGHLY SILICEOUS MATERIAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 71 - 72 .
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , P. 71 - 72
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 613
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