Mine detail: Copperopolis Mine

Previously called 'Ida LullBamberger Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.15715, -113.80056

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO PIPELIKE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Ochre Mountain Limestone;
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Vertical Shear Zone Along Contact
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Metamorphism Of The Limestone

References

MRDS	RE00151
DEP	10055140
Reference	{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177, P.125.}{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. 1916, 1917, 1918}{Deposit:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 83, P.28.}{Production:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)