Ord Mountain Copper Mine

The Ord Mountain Copper Mine is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Ord Mountain Copper Mine
Secondary: Ord Mountain Copper Group
Secondary: Osborn Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Feldspar

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Ord Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Symons Bros Screen Co.
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: H. J. Stevewnson 1942

Owner Name: Consolidated Virginia Mining Co 1927-1929

Owner Name: St. Joseph Lead Co. Leased 1920-1925

Owner Name: Hansen Brothers
Years: 1908 - 1909

Owner Name: Osborn, J. L.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1908 -

Owner Name: Open Land Bureau Of Land Management.
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Co 1958-Geophysical Work
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: J. A. Thiede 1957-1961
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Nippissing Mining Co.
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1870
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALTHOUGH ORD MT CONTAINS ONLY SMALL ORE BODIES CONTAINING ABOUT 2.5 PERCENT CU WHICH WOULD NOT BE ECONOMICALLY RECOVERABLE AT TODAYS PRICES AND MINING COSTS, THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT TONNAGES OF DISSEMINATED COPPER WITHIN THE WALL ROCKS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, DUE TO THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE FISSURE ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): 810.

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J. 1894, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO CO, IN MINING AND

Reference (Deposit): MINE PRODUCTS OF CAL, CAL STATE MIN BUR. REPT 12, P. 234,

Reference (Deposit): AND REPT 13, P. 326.

Reference (Deposit): CROSSMAN, J. H., 1889, CAL. STATE MIN BUREAU REPT. 9, P.

Reference (Deposit): 223, 226

Reference (Deposit): DEGROOT, H., 1890, MINES AND MINING IN SAN BERN.CO.CAL., CAL

Reference (Deposit): STATE MIN BUR RERT. 10, P. 528-529

Reference (Deposit): GARDENER, D. L, 1940, GEOL. OF NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS,SAN BERN.

Reference (Deposit): CO., CAL. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 36, P. 257-292

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F., 1954, MOJAVE DESERT REGION IN GEOL OF S. CAL,

Reference (Deposit): CAL DIV. MINES BULL. 170, CHAPT. 11, P. 5-20 AND CHAPT. IV,

Reference (Deposit): P. 5-18

Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S., 1954,THE BATHOLITH OF S. CAL.IN GEOL OF S.CAL,

Reference (Deposit): CAL DIV MINES REPT. 26, P. 217-218

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B, AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, CAL DIV. MINES REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 27, P. 265- 275. AND 1940, ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): NEWBERRY AND ORD MTNS., CAL DIV MINES REPT. 36, P. 232-254

Reference (Deposit): AND 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERN. CO.,CAL JOUR MINES

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. VOL 39, P.435-436.

Reference (Deposit): WEBER, F. H., 1963, GEOL AND MIN. DEPOSITS OF THE ORD MNT.

Reference (Deposit): DISTICT SAN BERN. CO. CAL. DIV. MINES & GEOL. SPECIAL REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 77

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., STEWART, R. M., GAY, T. E., AND HAZENBUSH,G C

Reference (Deposit): 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERN. CO., CAL. JOUR

Reference (Deposit): MINES & GEOL. VOL. 49, P. 66-67.

Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1908, THE COPPER RESOURCES OF CAL., CAL STATE

Reference (Deposit): MINING BUR. BULL. 50, P.336.

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O.E., 1954, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BARSTOW

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLE, SAN BERNARDINO CO. CAL., CAL DIV MINES BULL 165,

Reference (Deposit): P.208

Reference (Deposit): CLOUDMAN, H. C., HAUGUENIN, E., & MERRILL, F. J. H., 1919,

Reference (Deposit): SAN BERNARDINO CO IN MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF PORTIONS

Reference (Deposit): OF CAL., CAL. STATE MIN. BUR. BULL. REPT. 15, P. 789, 808-

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