The Uncle Billy Rogers Mine is a copper mine located in Alpine county, California at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.71361, -119.93139
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Uncle Billy Rogers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Billy Rogers Mine
Secondary: Altura
Secondary: Brewers
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Alpine
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Name: UNCLE BILLY ROGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Granitic Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST COPPER DISCOVERY. IN "EARLY DAYS" HIGH GRADE ORE WAS SHIPPED.
Comment (Deposit): IN SEC 18 SAME AS BREWERS MINE? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM. EST. LAT.-LONG. BASED ON MINE SYMBOL FOR BREWERS MINE ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: CHALCOPYRITE-RICH BODY IN GARNETIFEROUS TACTITE. AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST IN HANGING WALL, SLATE AND PHYLLITE IN FOOTWALL.
Comment (Deposit): REC. NO. M021511 AND C004728 MERGED HERE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO. 8 , P. 13, 44.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 213.
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1977
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