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California · San Bernardino County

Gold Hill Copper

Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
California
County
San Bernardino
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Cu-Ag-Au occurrence/mine located in the NE¼SW¼ sec. 27, T3N, R23E, SBM, 5.0 km (3.1 miles) NNW of Savahia Peak (coordinates of record) (15 air miles NW of Vidal). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters. Mineralization …

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

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

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Malachite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Copper
  • Diorite
  • Malachite
  • Quartz
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  • Quartz
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Malachite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Copper
  • Diorite
  • Malachite
  • Quartz
  • Schist

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 (8)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 88604

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (6)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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