The Ord Mountain is a copper and gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.68611, -116.82750
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Ord Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ord Mountain
Secondary: Ord
Secondary: Osborn
Secondary: Rio Vista
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Ord Mtn. ; Brilliant
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 1942 , N. RIO VISTA CLAIM PRODUCED OVER 1,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING NEARLY 2 % CU, $5.51 AU. 1942 , BRILLIANT CLAIM, PRODUCED ABOUT 80 TONS OF ORE AVERING 2 - 3 % CU, $7.75 AU. JOSEPHINE CLAIM 35 TONS OF ORE, AVG. 2 1/2 % CU. GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , REPORTS; 482 TONS OF COPPER - GOLD ORE CONTAINING RECOVERABLE LEAD - SILVER PRODUCED IN 1929 AND 1943 .
Comment (Deposit): FULL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY FOUND IN 27TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PRINCIPAL ROCK EXPOSURES ARE LATE ANDESITIC JURRASIC (?) LAVAS AND METAPORPHRY OF THE ORD MTN. GROUP. WIDTH OF ANDESITE IS 2000 - 3000 FT. EAST AND WEST SIDES ARE IN CONTACT WITH METAPORPHYRY. FOUR EAST-WEST FAULTS ON PROPERTY, DISPLACEMENT OF VEINS FROM 100 - 400 FT.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS, IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED WITHIN SHEAR ZONE WHICH STRIKES NW, DIPS STEEPLY NORTH, TRACEABLE FOR OVER 2 MILES, AS MUCH AS 250 FT. THICK. ORE BODIES ARE DISCONTINUOUS, MOST APPEAR SHALLOW AND SMALL.
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. 70 DEG INCLINED, PLUS A 500 FT. ADIT ON BRILLIANT CLAIM; A 100 FT. SHAFT AND 30 FT. SHAFT ON JOSEPHINE CLAIM; 400 FT. ADIT WITH A 200 FT. WINZE ON BELGIUM CLAIM; A 200 FT. ADIT WITH 65 FT. CROSSCUT ON COPPER JUNCTION CLAIM; 3 CROSSCUT TUNNELS ON RIO VISTA CLAIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 657 - 658
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 27TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 276 - 278
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 66 - 67 .
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A., 1953 , P. 66 - 67
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