The Francho Copper is a copper mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Francho Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Francho Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FOUR SAMPLES AVERAGE 2.4% CU FOR MINERALIZED ZONE.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 10 FT MINERALIZED ZONE IN SEC. 12 , ANOTHER VEIN 500 FT WEST OF BULLDOZER CUTS IS CONTAINED IN AN 8 FT SHEAR ZONE WHICH APPEARS TO TREND N25W, DIPS STEEPLY NE, HOST ROCK THERE IS A GRAY PHYLLITE. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF OTHER VEINS BENEATH BASALT DEBRIS THROUGH FLOAT MATERIAL. ZONE CONSISTS OF IRREGULAR VEINS OF QUARTZ AND COPPER OXIDES.
Comment (Workings): 15 DEGREE INCLINED CUT 200 FT LONG BY 10 FT WIDE BY 3 FT DEEP: A PIT 100 FT IN DIAMETER HAS MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 10 FT, SEVERAL SMALLER CUTS.
Comment (Geology): ONE QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS FINE-GRAINED BLACK TOURMALINE. ; GEOL.DESC: NARROW DIKES OF ACIDIC TO INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION WHICH INTRUDE A METAMORPHIC UNIT COMPOSED OF META-ANDESITE, PHYLLITE, AND META-CONGLOMERATE, METAMORPHIC UNIT IS THINLY OVERLAIN BY A GENTLY TILTED PLIOCENE (?) BASALT FLOW.
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 (Other Database): CIMRI
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