Copper World

The Copper World is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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