The Calaveras Copper is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9844, -120.64670
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Calaveras Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calaveras Copper
Secondary: Keystone Union
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRELIMINARY COMMENTS. FOLLOWING 2 YEARS OF PREPRODUCTION, TH WILL OPERATE THE SECOND 4 YEARS OF AN 8 YEAR PROGRAM. THE MINE WILL OPERATE THE FIRST 4 YEARS. ALL ORE PROCESSED AT MILL. REFER TO PENN MINE (ID 060090102) COMMENTS 800 TO 84 CAPITAL COSTS ASSOCIATE WITH THE MILL ARE ATTRIBUTED TO TH PROPERTY. COSTS LISTED BELOW REFLECT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THE KEYSTONE-UNION MINING OPERATION REC 101 ESTIMATE LIFE OF 4 YEARS BASED ON PLANT CAPACITY, RE REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USE FOR COSTING MINE MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 1,825,700 (1970 DOLLAR VALU ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 385,000 DEVEL 1,410,700 EQUIP 0 PLANT 0 WORK.CAP. 0 MINE OPERATING COSTS 11.355/MT REC 151 MILL CAPITAL COST ATTRIBUTED TO PENN PROPERTY(ID 060 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 REFER TO THE ABOVE MIL COMMENT REC 160 ORE TRUCKED 61KM TO PENN MILL.
References
Reference (Deposit): OF CALIVERAS COUNTY,CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NO.2, 196
Reference (Deposit): REF 1 CALIF.DIV.OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF, BULL.144, CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): NAT.RES.,1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS, REFERENC
Reference (Deposit): 3 & 4,P 427;EC MINERAL MAP NO 7,1957;COUNTY REPT NO 2,P 24-2
Reference (Deposit): REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION
Reference (Deposit): ED,SEPT 1,1944,P 26;CALIF B 176,P 170,171 & 174
Reference (Deposit): REF 3 CALIF.DIV.OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINERAL RES
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