The Eagle Nest Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Eagle Nest Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Nest Copper Mine
Secondary: Badger-State
Secondary: Crescent
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONE, MINERALIZATION IN CROSS FRACTURES N20E.
Comment (Workings): MINE CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS NO. 1-9 WITH THE PRINCIPAL WORK AT NO. 7, A 200 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN EAST. 100 FT INTO TUNNEL, A N INCLINED SHAFT IS SUNK 40 FT INTO VEINS N20E, 70E.
Comment (Location): EAST SLOPE OF MCCOY MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Production): CU CONTENT OF ORES 1-25%, TOTAL PRODUCITON VALUED AT $7000.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 124-125
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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