The Daley is a copper mine located in San Diego county, California at an elevation of 1,260 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,260 Feet (384 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.07111, -116.82861
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Daley MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daley
Secondary: Barona
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Diego
Land Status
Not available
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: Lower California
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 - 3 % CU, 6 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT TO DEPTH OF ABOUT 115 FT. LEVEL WORKINGS ARE APPENDED TO THE SHAFT, SHALLOW WORKINGS FLANK THE COLLAR OF SHAFT. 750 FT. WEST AND 125 FT. LOWER THAN SHAFTS COLLAR IS AN ADIT, LENGTH NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 100 ACRES
Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE OCCUR BELOW OXIDE ZONE 30 FT., OTHER MINERALS LIE ABOVE ZONE.
Comment (Location): UTM EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN NORTH - TRENDING PENDANT OF SCHIST BORDERED BY GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 320
Reference (Deposit): WEBER, F.H., JR., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COUNTY REPORT 3 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 69 , 70
Reference (Production): WEBER, F.H. JR., 1963
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