Francho Copper

The Francho Copper is a copper mine located in Imperial county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Francho Copper  

State:  California

County:  Imperial

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.05361, -114.81444

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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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