The Copper World is a iron mine located in San Bernardino 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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Copper World MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper World
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur C. Becker
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND IRON ORE IS MARKED BY THIN SEAM OF CHLORITE SCHIST, CHLORITE ALSO EXTENDS INTO THE ORE.
Comment (Workings): CUTS AND A SHORT CROSS-CUT ADIT. A LARGE PART OF THE ORE HAS BEEN BLASTED TO THE FLOOR OF THE WASH REMOVING THE ADIT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES ARE SMALL
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA
Comment (Deposit): DIP CHANGES FROM 65SW TO 65NE
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL 1953: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 93-95
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL, P. 93
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