The Copper Commander is a mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.50194, -115.52806
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Copper Commander MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Commander
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE LOW GRADE - AVG. 4 % CU
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 200 FT. WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE AT CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITIC PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE, ORE OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE PORPHYRY FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVEN SE ON CONTACT FOR 140 FT., NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS
Comment (Commodity): SMALL AMOUNT OF SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 209 .
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 6 (AP.)
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