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Mirage-Mariposa Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten
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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 10187738
MAS/MILS ID 0060270660
Record type Site
Current site name Mirage-Mariposa Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Mirage & Mariposa Claims, Wooley Mine, Black Canyon Rare Ii Area, Golden Mirage Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.25373, 37.34804 (WGS84)
Elevation 2010
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poleta Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 034 E 09 SESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.25373, 37.34804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Date of Last Modification 840726
  • Strike N20E
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 15M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20E:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840726

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATION NAME IS QUARTZ MONZONITE OF REDDING CANYON

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. N Peregoy, Madera
    Home office California
    Year 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 21000 INDICATED TONS AND 34400 INFERRED TONS OF SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.15 TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE ARE AT THE MIRAGE-MARIPOSA. THE SHAFT IN THE GLORY HOLE IS 17 FEET DEEP. THERE IS 70 FEET BETWEEN THE WEST END OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AT THE SHAFT AND THE HEADWALL, AND THE GLORY HOLE IS 40 FEET WIDE. THIS BLOCK (BLOCK 1) CONTAINS 5300 TONS OF INDICATED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES. THE OF THE HEADWALL HAS 3,835 SQUARE FEET. BY EXTENDING ITS STRIKE LENGTH 37 FEET SOUTHEAST AN ADDITIONAL 15,800 TONS OF INDICATED RESOURCES WERE CALCULATED (BLOCK 2). TWO INFERRED BLOCKS WERE CALCULATED; THE FIRST 11,500 TONS BY EXTENDING BLOCK 1 37 FEET BELOW THE SHAFT, AND THE SECOND 22,600 TONS BY EXTENDING BLOCK 2 AN ADDITIONAL 53 FEET ALONG STRIKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 12, 1894, P. 140-141.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 110, 1918, P. 119-120.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF. A., 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INYO AND WHITE

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    540, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN, P. C., 1956, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BISHOP

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF

  • Deposit

    MINES SPECIAL REPORT 47, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    RAINS, R. L., AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    BLACK CANYON RARE II AREA (NO. 5061), INYO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 85-83,

  • Deposit

    NO. 14, P. 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE R & R CLAIMS IN BATEMAN, 1956, ARE NOW PART OF THE GOLDEN MIRAGE & MARIPOSA. PERSONAL COMMUN. F. N. PEREGOY 1981. MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS THE TOTAL OF THE CONTACT METASOMATIC DEPOSIT. M2C1 MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 IS THE TOTAL OF THE QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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