The Bagdad-Chase Mine is a copper and gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,602 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: 2,602 Feet (793 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.6275, -116.16690
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Bagdad-Chase Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bagdad-Chase Mine
Secondary: Pacific Mine
Secondary: Camp Rochester
Secondary: Barstow Mill
Secondary: Pacific Mines
Secondary: Roosevelt Consolidated
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Buckeye District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bagdad-Chase Mining Co.
Company ID: 404331
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1904 - 1910
Owner Name: Pacific Mines Corp. Mined From 1910-1916
Company ID: 404331
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1910 - 1916
Owner Name: D'Aix Syndicate Mined From 1938-1939
Company ID: 404331
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1938 - 1939
Owner Name: Bagdad-Chase Ltd.
Company ID: 404331
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1940 - 1943
Owner Name: Clark Mining And Exploration
Company ID: 404331
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Bagdad-Chase Inc.
Company ID: 404331
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: John Hobbs, Present Owner 1943, September
Company ID: 404331
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Bagdad Chase Mining Co.
Company ID: 404331
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Inyoite
Unknown: Iodobromite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Manganite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE BAGDAD-CHASE MINE WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF GOLD AND COPPER IN SAN BERNADINO COUNTY. THE ORE OCCURS IN A FAULT BRECCIA AND IS VERY SILICEOUS. IT WAS GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN WW II
References
Reference (Deposit): CLOUDMAN, H.E., HUGUEN, N.E., AND MERRILL, F.J.H., 1919, SAN
Reference (Deposit): BERNADINO CO., CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 15 P. 775-899.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU PROPERTIES OF CAL. CAL. D
Reference (Deposit): IU. MINES, BULL. 144, P. 199-357.
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, D.L., 1940, GEOLOGY OF THE NEWBERRY ANDORD MOUNTAIN
Reference (Deposit): S, SAN BERNADINO CO. CAL., CAL. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL
Reference (Deposit): . 36, P. 257-292.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1921, LOS ANGLES FIELD DIV., SAN BERNADINO CO.
Reference (Deposit): CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 17, P. 333-374.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1923, LOS ANGLES FIELD DIV., SAN BERNADINO CO.
Reference (Deposit): CAL. MIN. BUR. REPT. 19, P. 165-173.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., LOS ANGLES FIELD DIVISION, SAN
Reference (Deposit): BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 26, P. 202-235
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, LOS ANGLES FIELD DIV., SA
Reference (Deposit): N BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 27, P 262-401.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUT
Reference (Deposit): HERN CAL., SAN BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT 30, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): 3-326.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY I
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., STEWART, R.M., GAY, T.E., 1953, MINES AND MINE
Reference (Deposit): RAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNADINO CO., CAL, CALF. JOUR. MINES AN
Reference (Deposit): D GEOL., VOL. 49, P. 71-73.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.
Reference (Deposit): LONDON MINING JOURNAL. BENTLEY EXPANDS BAGDAD HOLDINGS.
Reference (Deposit): APRIL 17, 1987, P. 292.
Reference (Deposit): N SOUTHERN CAL., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 36, P.29.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): OF THE NEWBERRY AND ORD MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNADINO CO., CAL DI
Reference (Deposit): U. MIN. RPT. 36, P. 232-256.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN
Reference (Deposit): BERNADINO CO., CAL. DIV. MINES REPT. 39, P. 247-549.
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