The Gold Hill Copper is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Gold Hill Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5.45 % Cu, .425 Oz Au, 54 Cents Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: 2 - 5 % CU, TRACES OF GOLD AND SILVER
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS 1 1/2 - 4 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 80 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, CROSSCUTS DRIVEN NORTH 15 FT. ON THE 36 FT. LEVEL, AND SOUTH 50 FT. AT 80 FT. LEVEL. VEIN 4 - 6 FT. THICK WAS ENCOUNTERED AT 26 FT. LEVEL, OPEN-CUT 50 FT. WEST OF SHAFT EXPOSED 1 1/2 FT. VEIN.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE DIKES WHICH INTRUDE THE SCHIST. ONE SET OF DIKES STRIKE NE, THE OTHER NW.
References
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A., 1953 , P. 63 - 64 (SEE REF.)
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 63 - 64
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