The California Claim is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,099 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
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.63611, -111.45083
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California Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: 10 Miles East Of Echo Cliffs Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM 8 AND 10 CHANNLE SAMPLES, 0.14 OZ. AG AND 0.13 OZ. AG WERE COLLECTED RESPECTIVELY. THE TOTAL 18 SAMPLES WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN AN AVERAGE OF 0.82 % CU.
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): COPPER ORE RESERVES ARE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: 14,000,000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES, 1,645,000 TONS OF INDICATED ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS, AND 615,000 TONS OF INDICATED ORE BEING REASONABLY ASSURED. THIS TOTAL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.
Comment (Commodity): MAJOR AND MINOR ORE MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 : TOTAL TONNAGE PRODUCED UP TO 1955
Comment (Deposit): SPREADING OF FLOAT PRACTICALLY NIL
Comment (Workings): CALIFORNIA CLAIM WAS EXPLORED BY SURFACE TRENCHES AND PITS.
Comment (Geology): TOTAL AREA OF MINERALIZED BODY EQUALS 430,000 SQ. FT.
Comment (Deposit): THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES; DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT; AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS, ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. CALIFORNIA CLAIM BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): MAYO, 1955
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAYO 1955
Reference (Deposit): MAYO, E. B., 1955 , METALCIFEROUS MINERALS AND MINERAL FUELS; MINERAL RESOURCES, NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA - UTAH, VOLUME I, P. 19 - 32 .
Reference (Deposit): READ, C. B., 1943 , COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT, COCONINO CO., ARIZONA; USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.
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