The Copperopolis is a mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,921 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: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.5581, -118.67890
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Copperopolis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copperopolis
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lee And Mabel Payton
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Cobaltite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE COPPEROPOLIS DEPOSIT HAS 1270O M.TONS INFERRED RESERVES N THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT EXTENDS 100 FT. ABOVE & BELOW ADIT GRADE OF RESERVES BASED ON SAMPLING OF STOPE WALLS ON ADIT LEVEL. DEPOSIT IS ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN AND ASSUMED TO BE ROUGHLY CYLINDRICAL
References
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 151.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-B, 1941, P. 113
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, 1933, P. 100-101.
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