The Caveman is a copper mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Caveman MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caveman
Secondary: Scudder
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Paymaster
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SCHIST AND QUARTZITE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHIST APPEARS TO BE A LARGE INCLUSION IN AN APOPHYSIS OF THE GRANITIC ROCK IN A STILL LARGER BODY OF SCHIST AND GNEISS. MAIN MASS OF GRANITIC ROCK IS PROMINENTLY EXPOSED ALONG THE CANYON WALL TO THE NW.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND A 40 FT ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P.K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPORT 7: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. 111.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144: DIV. OF MINES, P. 236.
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