Copperopolis Mine (California Mine; Pacific Mine; Voorhees Mine; Jefferson Lake Mine; Calaveras Asbestos Ltd. Mine; American Mine), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA
Latitude: 37°56'17"N
Longitude: 120°32'7"W
A former asbestos mine located in secs. 15 & 16, T1N, R13E, MDM, about 6 miles SE of Copperopolis.
Mineralization is an asbestos deposit hosted in peridotite.
A major producer.
References
Engineering and Mining Journal International Directory of Mining and Mineral Processing Operations (1978), New York: McGraw Hill Mining Information Services: 164.
Clark, William B. & Lydon, Philip A. (1963), Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California, California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report No. 2: Page 128.
Woodmansee, W.C. (1973) The mineral industry of California: Reprint from 1971. U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, 50 pp.: 19.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 421-422.
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