The Grey Copper is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Grey Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grey Copper
Secondary: Shadow Mountain Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Shadow Mtn.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: 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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF LEVEL WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. REPORTS THIS MINE TO THE FOSTER MINE.
Comment (Production): SEPERATE LEAD AND COPPER SHIPMENTS MADE TO MIDVALE AND SELBY IN 1947 - 1950 AND 1951 . RECOVERY OF LAST LEAD SHIPMENT; 17.2 % PB AND 20.40 OZ AG/TON. COPPER SHIPMENT; 4.3 % CU, SOME PB, AU, AG.
Comment (Deposit): SHATTERED ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 666
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 11 (AP.)
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 666
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