| Deposit ID | 10164651 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000382 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060710055 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | War Eagle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Virginia Copper, War Eagle, Virginia, War Eagle Copper |
| Related records | 10008327 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.443, 34.35614 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 52 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | San Bernardino |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino | 003 N | 024 E | 10 | SESWSE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -114.443, 34.35614 |
|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060710055 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000382 | MAS references MRDS |
CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 318.
CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,
NO. 55, P. 21.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 29-82, 1982, APPENDIX
A, NO. 2, P. 27.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, APPENDIX
B, NO. 2, P. 92.
| 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. (0060710055) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-MAR-91 | Moyle, Phillip R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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