Allured

The Allured is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Allured
Secondary: Erisman

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Mescal

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 8 - 20 % CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): 3 GROUPS OF WORKINGS; NE WORKINGS ON HILLSIDE CLAIM; 20 FT. TUNNEL AND A 25 FT. WINZE, WINZE OPENS INTO AN E-W STOPE 40 X 15 X 20 FT. 1/2 MILE WEST, OXIDE WORKINGS; MAIN SHAFT 135 FT., INCLINED 55 W. SEVERAL 40 - 50 FT. DRIFTS TOTALING 200 FT., 30 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. CUPRITE CLAIM 1/2 MILE SE OF OXIDE WORKINGS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SHORT TUNNEL.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HILLSIDE CLAIM IN AN OXIDIZED, PULVERIZED FAULT ZONE WITH QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE ON EAST, SHEARED GRANITIC GNEISS ON WEST. OXIDE WORKINGS IN COPPER - STAINED GOUGE ZONE BETWEEN GRANITIC ROCK ON EAST AND LIMESTONE ON WEST. CUPRITE CLAIM, IRON - SILICA BEARING ZONE FORMING BOLD OUTCROP ON GRANITE - LIMESTONE CONTACT.

Comment (Commodity): COPPER IS IN BOTH CARBONATE AND SULFIDE FORM

Comment (Production): 1925 - 1940 SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SILVER - GOLD - COPPER ORE WERE OBTAINED 1947 AND 1949 SMALL ADDITIONAL TONNAGE WAS SHIPPED.

Comment (Deposit): COPPER BEARING VEINS NEAR LIMESTONE QUARTZ - MONZONITE CONTACT.

References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 61

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY NO. 4 , DIV. OF MINES, P. 430 .

Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , P. 61 (SEE REF.)

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