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California · San Bernardino County

Bagdad-Chase Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground

Key facts

State
California
County
San Bernardino
Development status
Plant
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 17 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Plant): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Plant

Operators / organizations

  • Bagdad-Chase Ltd. · Historical operator · 1978
  • Pacific Mines Corp. Mined From 1910-1916 · Historical operator · 1978
  • Bagdad Chase Mining Co. · Source-reported owner · 1990
  • Bagdad-Chase Inc. · Source-reported owner · 1978
  • Bagdad-Chase Mining Co. · Source-reported owner · 1978
  • Clark Mining And Exploration · Source-reported owner · 1978
  • John Hobbs, Present Owner 1943, September · Source-reported owner · 1977
  • D'Aix Syndicate Mined From 1938-1939 · Historical operator · 1978

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcocite
  • Inyoite
  • Iodobromite
  • Manganite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Silver

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (17)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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