Copper Basin Mine

The Copper Basin Mine is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,280 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

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Basin Mine
Secondary: Copper Basin Project

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

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: Fee Ownership
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Western Copper Holdings
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1992 -

Owner Name: J. P. And Ruth M. Hinds
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Louisiana Land And Exploration Co.-Mineral Division
Home Office: Colorado

Production

Year: 1949
Description: Pounds Copper Extraced From Ore (Tons) 1641 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1947
Description: Pounds Copper Extrcted Fron Ore (Tons) 3399 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1944
Description: Pounds Copper Extracted From Ore (Tons) 3510 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1943
Description: Pounds Copper Extracted From Ore (Tons) 4808 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1930
Description: Pounds Copper Extracted From Ore (Tons) 10104 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1966
Description: Pounds Copper Extracted From Ore (Tons) 7163 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1953
Description: Pounds Copper Extracted From Ore (Tons) 9787 Pounds Of Copper
Year: 1951
Description: Pounds Copper Extracted From Ore (Tons) 2095 Pounds Of Copper

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=M1C4-M1C3-M1C2. MATRIX 1 COL 1=CUTOFF OF 0.35 PCT COPPER M1C2=M1C4-M1C3-M1C1. MATRIX 1 COL 2=CUTOFF OF 0.30 PCT COPPER M1C3=M1C4-M1C2-M1C1. MATRIX 1 COL 3=CUTOFF OF 0.25 PCT COPPER M1C4=M1C1+M1C2+M1C3. MATRIX 1 COL 4=CUTOFF OF 0.2 PCT COPPER TH ABOVE MATRICES WERE DERIVED FROM DATA DEVELOPED BY DRAVO CORP FOR THE LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION CO

Comment (Geology): RECORDS 1 THRU 6 REFER TO HYPOGENE MINERALS; RECORDS THRU 14 REFER TO SUPERGENE MINERALS

Comment (Ownership): WESTERN COPPER HAS ALSO ACQUIRED AN OPTION ON THE COPPER BASIN PROPERTY LOCATED 50 KM SOUTH OF NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA.

References

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES, REPT 26, OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P 207-209

Reference (Deposit): OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 99-100.

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930, CALIF. STATE DIV,

Reference (Deposit): DETACHMENT FAULTING AND ASSOCIATED MINERALIZATON,

Reference (Deposit): WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOL. SOCIETY SPRING, FIELD TRIP GUIDE,

Reference (Deposit): P. 18-21.

Reference (Deposit): OUS CRYSTALLINE TERRANE IN THE COPPER BASIN AREA, EASTERN

Reference (Deposit): WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): PREPARED FOR THE LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION CO.,

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS DIVISION, DENVER, COLORADO, 63 P.

Reference (Deposit): HEIDRICK, T., 1980, COPPER BASIN OVERVIEW, IN MYLONITIZATION

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON. R. R., 1943, CALIF. DIV OF

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. G., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, CALIFO. STATE DIV.

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES, REPT. 27OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P 267.

Reference (Deposit): MINES, REPT. 39 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 431-432

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144, P. 302 IN

Reference (Deposit): TABULATION OF COPPER PROPERTIES OF CALIFORNIA.

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., AND OTHERS, 1953, CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 AND 2, P. 62 AND P. 6 IN INDEX

Reference (Deposit): OF PROPERTIES.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, J. L., AND FROST, E. G., 1981, PETROLOGIC, GEO-

Reference (Deposit): CHRONOLOGIC, AND STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF THE ALLOCHTHON-

Reference (Ownership): MINING JOURNAL. OCTOBER 2, 1992. P. 232.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING DIRECTORY. 1996/97. PP. 154,155.

Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W. A., 1909, THE MINING WORKD, VOL. 30, NO. 20, P

Reference (Deposit): 930-931

Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, H., 1911, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 451, P 71-72

Reference (Deposit): NEWMAND, M. W., 1922, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, REPT. 18

Reference (Deposit): OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P 308.

Reference (Deposit): NEWMAN, M. A., 1923, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, REPT. 19

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