The Picacho is a copper mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Picacho MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Picacho
Secondary: Copper Glance
Secondary: Copper King
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Picacho
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
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LOW-GRADE ORE IN OPEN CUTS, SILICEOUS OUTCROPS AT NORTH END OF DEPOSIT WITH CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION APPEARS FOR A MILE IN LENGTH AND ABOUT 1/4 MILE IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): 5 SHAFTS 50 - 75 FT. DEEP AND A NUMBER OF TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTY ROCK IN SOUTHERN HALF OF AREA IS A DARK - GRAY METAVOLCANIC ROCK CONTAINING NUMEROUS BLASTOPHENOCRYSTS OF SERICITIZED ORTHOCLASE, REMAINING PROSPECTS ARE IN METASANDSTONE AND METACONGLOMERATE.
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMPRISED OF 160 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 237 .
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P. K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNT REPORT 7 ; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R. J. AND TUCKER, W. B., 1942 ; MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 111 - 112.
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