The Copper World is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.505, -115.60250
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Copper World MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper World
Secondary: Ivanpah, Old Ivanpul Copper
Secondary: Dewey, Ivanpah Copper.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Clark Mtn.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOW-GRADE ORE 2 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): COPPER WORLD WORKINGS; SERIES OF LARGE OPEN CUTS, AT 5180 FT. MAIN TUNNEL IS DRIVEN N 40 W FOR 753 FT., DRIFTS SW FOR 100 FT. WHERE WINZE WAS SUNK ON CONTACT TO DEPTH OF 75 FT. AT BOTTOM OF WINZE, CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN N 40 E, FOR 40 FT., AT THIS LEVEL THERE ARE OVER 2000 FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS. 45 FT. ABOVE MAIN TUNNEL IS ANOTHER TUNNEL 600 FT. IN LENGTH. DEWEY WORKINGS; 4 TUNNELS, UPPER TUNNEL 125 FT. LONG DRIVEN NW AND STOPED TO SURFACE FOR 75 FT., 25 FT. BELOW IS AN OPEN CUT AND50 FT. TUNNEL. 50 FT. BELOW THIS IS A NW TUNNEL 75 FT. LONG, ORE STOPED TO TUNNEL ABOVE. LOWER TUNNEL, DRIVEN N 65 W FOR 180 FT., THEN DRIFTS NW 100 FT. TO WINZE 75 FT.
Comment (Production): MAIN PRODUCTION 1917 - 1920 WHEN SMELTER RECOVERY AVERAGED 6.75 % CU, 10 % PB, 5.8 OZ AG/TON, SOME GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH BODIES OF SILICATE MINERALS FORMED AS ALTERATIONS OF GOODSPRING DOLOMITE NEAR SILL-LIKE BODIES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DOLOMITE IS WIDELY EXPOSED ON WEST SIDE OF CLARK MTN., IT HAS A GENERAL NW STRIKE, SW DIP, IN MINE AREA IT IS HIGHLY DEFORMED.
References
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. 625
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 432 - 433
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. 63
Reference (Production): GOODWIN
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