The Copperopolis is a copper mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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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Copperopolis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copperopolis
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: REPLACEMENT BODY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Tourmaline
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Cobaltite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC. 1
Comment (Commodity): SURFACE OUTCROPS SHOW REPLACEMENT MASS 1000 FEET LONG AND 75 FEET WIDE.
Comment (Production): 250 TONS (1906)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT DRIFTS AND ONE ABOUT 1500 FT LONG.
Comment (Geology): GABBRO IS SHEARED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 846-A, PAGE 100-101
Reference (Deposit): ODGMI BULL. 14-B, PAGE 113
Reference (Deposit): ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 151
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