The Encinitas is a copper mine located in San Diego county, California.
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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
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Encinitas MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Encinitas
Secondary: Danes Lea
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Diego
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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: 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GRADE ESTIMATED TO BE LOW
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE EXTENDS FOR OVER A MILE AND IS 10 - 50 FT. WIDE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, 100 FT. APART, MAIN SHAFT WAS PARTLY FILLED WITH WATER IN 1955 , REPORTED TO BE 280 FT., OTHER SHAFT IS 100 FT. DEEP, ALSO FILLED WITH WATER. TWO DRIFT ADITS, 10 FT. APART VERTICALLY ARE 35 - 40 FT. LONG AND ARE CONNECTED BY A RAISE
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 133 ACRES
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 - 72 , 71
Reference (Production): WEBER, F.H. JR., 1963
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