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Sleepy Burro Claims

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237792
MAS/MILS ID 0060711219
Record type Site
Current site name Sleepy Burro Claims
Alternate or previous names Braintruster, Whipple Mountain Mine

Comments on the site names

  • ERIC (1948) INCLUDES A PROPERTY (WHIPPLE MOUNTAIN) WHICH IS NOW COVERED BY THE SLEEPY BURRO GROUP. THE BRAIN TRUSTER (WRIGHT, 1953) IS IN AN AREA NOW COVERED BY THE SLEEPY BURRO GROUP.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.5002, 34.32114 (WGS84)
Elevation 521
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Savahia Peak(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 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 Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003 N 024 E 30 SWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.5002, 34.32114
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ned Hyduke
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, 1948, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144. P. 319

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, 1953, CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. ,V. 49. P. 4

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987,

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX B, NO. 3, P. 92.

General comments

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 US BUR. MINES STATISTICAL FILES LIST PRODUCTION FROM THE BRAINTRUSTER MINE FOR THE YEAR 1949. PRODUCTION FROM THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAIN MINE IS ALSO LISTED FOR THE YEARS 1911 AND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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