California · San Bernardino County
Past Producer

Ord Mountain Copper Mine

San Bernardino County, California, United States
CopperMolybdenumSilverGoldIronBarium-BariteFeldsparFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryMolybdenum, Silver, Gold
TertiaryIron, Barium-Barite, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsAzurite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz, Scheelite, Sericite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1908
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10286634
MRDS IDM020766
Alternate namesOrd Mountain Copper Group, Osborn Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.70281, -116.83007
References
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