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Copper Grand

Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033966
MRDS ID M020622
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Grand
Related records 10260676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5934, 36.28386 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF DARWIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 040E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5934, 36.28386
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 20 - 30 TONS OF FAIR COPPER ORE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED, 20 TONS SHIPPED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M020622

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 241

  • Deposit

    GOODYEAR, W. A., 1888 , INYO COUNTY; 8TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 226 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS MIXTURE OF CARBONATES AND SULFIDES. OCCURS ON EAST SIDE OF GRANITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey