The Big Horn Group is a mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.85194, -114.85833
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Big Horn Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Horn Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: .5 - 2 % CU
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BELT OF PORPHYRITIC ROCKS ABOUT 300 FT. WIDE, THERE ARE MINERALIZED ZONES IN BELT OF PORPHYRY WHICH VARY IN WIDTH FROM 1 - 6 FT.
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS FROM 25 - 50 FT. IN DEPTH
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATTER AND COUNTRY ROCK ADJACENT TO THE VEINS SHOW A CELLULAR STRUCTURE. THIS LEACHED OR VESICULAR CONDITION EXISTS TO A GREATER OR LESS DEGREE THROUGHOUT THE PORPHYRITIC BELT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1929 ; RIVERSIDE COUNTY: 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; DIV. OF MINES, P. 469 - 470
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 : MINERAL RESOURCES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 124 .
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