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Whipsaw

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256489
MRDS ID M003253
MAS/MILS ID 0040251585
Record type Site
Current site name Whipsaw
Alternate or previous names K and K Claims, Patented Claims 1754
Related records 10109041

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.48104, 34.04696 (WGS84)
Elevation 936
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 N 002 W 08 E2SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.48104, 34.04696
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Mathes
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO E2W2SE AND SENE OF SEC.8,S2NW AND SW OF

  • Deposit

    SE9.9,NWNW OF SEC.16,AND NENE OF SEC.17.

  • Deposit

    USGS COPPEROPOLIS QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST.SHEET 236

  • Deposit

    ADMR WHIPSAW MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR K AND K CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR 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 Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.