Mine detail: Caveman

Previously called 'Scudder'

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Location: Imperial County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.1034, -114.83774
dep_id: 10034267
mrds_id: M021011
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone Between Schist And Granitic Intrusive
Reporter: Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Gray, Floyd
hrock_type: Quartzite,Schist
arock_type: Monzonite
References:
  • Deposit:: ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144: DIV. OF MINES, P. 236.
  • Deposit:: MORTON, P.K., 1977 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPORT 7: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 37.
  • Deposit:: SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 2, P. 111.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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