| Deposit ID | 10188693 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060711281 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Heaven Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Metal Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.24159, 34.32864 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 408 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Bernardino(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gene Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | San Bernardino |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino | 003 N | 026 E | 22 | NESWSW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Jasper | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -114.24159, 34.32864 |
|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hinds, J. P. And Ruth |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | P. O. Box 746, Parker, Az 85344 |
| Year | 1980 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060711281 |
CRAWFORD, 1894, CALIF STATE MINING BUR, V 12, P 376.
TUCKER, 1930, CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL, V 26, P 206
WRIGHT, 1953, CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL, V 49, P 3
SHUMWAY, 1981, MINING IN CALIF DESERT, LIVING WEST (PUB)
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987,
APPENDIX B, NO. 52, P. 102.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1980. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. THE BLUE HEAVAN GROUP INCLUDES THE OLD "BLACK METAL MINE". U S BUR MINES STATISTICAL FILES LIST PRODUCTION FOR THE BLACK METAL IN YEARS 1941 AND 1942. SHUMWAY (1981) REPORTS LARGE PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1890. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-MAR-1991 | Moyle, Phillip R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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