California · El Dorado County
Occurrence
Arizona
El Dorado County, California, United States
Copper
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
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References
AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 216CLARK, W. B. AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, EL DORADO COUNTY, CA.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES, AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 477 .
Identification
Deposit ID10030069
MRDS IDM007989
Alternate namesFord Group, Contraband Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.87628, -120.92381
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.