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Black Mesas

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286611
MAS/MILS ID 0060711216
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mesas
Alternate or previous names Blossom, Bowman, Birnbach

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.3802, 34.28504 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
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

Whipple Mountains SW(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 002 N 025 E 05 NWSESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.3802, 34.28504
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 60E
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N65W:60E
    Date of Last Modification 811217

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX B, NO. 22, P. 96.

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. THIS PROPERTY COULD BE THE OLD "BOWMAN MINE" OR THE OLD "BIRNBACH MINE".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Moyle, Phillip R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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