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Mohawk Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036095
MRDS ID M024131
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Mine
Related records 10235929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38061, 35.87804 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 6.5 MI N. PIONEER POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homewood Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 043E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINELY-DIVIDED, FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED $10/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38061, 35.87804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argus

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIMARILY FROM 168-FT. LEVEL. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF A SHAFT SUNK ON A 70 DEG INCLINATION 168 FT. AT 60 FT. THE SHAFT CONNECTS WITH A TUNNEL WHICH WAS DRIVEN WEST ABOUT 300 FT. THE SHAFT IS 200 FT. FROM THE PORTAL OF THIS TUNNEL. ON 110-FT. LEVEL A DRIFT ABOUT 65 FT. EAST CONNECTS WITH AN OLD STOPE DRIFT WEST ABOUT 300 FT., THE LAST 250 FT. OF WHICH IS REPORTED TO BE AN ORE-SHOOT. THE AVERAGE WIDTH IS ABOUT 5 FT. AT THE 160-FT. LEVEL, CROSS CUT 30 FT. SOUTH TO VEIN, DRIFT WEST 400 FT. AT 60 FT. FROM SHAFT STRUCK ORE SHOOT 160 FT. LONG, 3 TO 14 FT. WIDE. THE LAST 20 FT. OF THIS DRIFT IS REPORTED TO BE IN GOOD ORE. AT 100 FT. FROM THE CROSS-CUT THERE IS A RAISE TO THE 110 FT. LEVEL. THERE IS ALSO A DRIFT EAST 335 FT. OF WHICH THE EAST 200 FT. IS REPORTED TO BE ORE FOR A WIDTH OF 7 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 46

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 411-412

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 6 FT. THICK. FILLING OF QUARTZ, ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK AND ENCRUSTATIONS OF CALCITE
Deposit 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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