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Donohoe Mine

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237712
MRDS ID W024792
MAS/MILS ID 0060730176
Record type Site
Current site name Donohoe Mine
Alternate or previous names The Sulfide Claim, Donohoe Mine/Artery Consolidated, Golden Artery - 0060730811, Chief of the Hills
Related records 10077267

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.76894, 32.59617 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Otay Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood-Tijuana(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(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 San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 018 S 002 E 22 SENWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.76894, 32.59617
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 3, 1963, P. 123-

  • Deposit

    124.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 31-87, 1987, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 7, P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DONAHOE MINE, LABELED ON THE USGS TOPO, IS ACTUALLY THE SULFIDE CLAIM; WHICH IS ONE OF 24 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS LOCATED BY THE DONAHOES AROUND 1915. . NAMES LISTED IN CONJUCTION WITH THE DONAHOE MINE IN WEBBER (1963) CAL. DM&G COUNTY REPORT NO. 3, ARE A PARTIAL LISTING OF THOSE 24 CLAIMS. HIS WRITE-UP IS CONFUSING AS IT TRYS TO EXPLAIN INFORMATION ABOUTH THE PATENTED PROPERTIES AS WELL AS SONME OF THE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1991 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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