D and W Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10189041
MRDS ID M020720
MAS/MILS ID 0060711270
Record type Site
Current site name D and W Mine
Alternate or previous names D and W, Dayton and Wilbur
Related records 10034038

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.4897, 34.29534 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
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 024 E 05 NWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.4897, 34.29534

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
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Savahai, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, 1913, CALIF STATE MINING BUREAU FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, 1917, CALIF DIV. OF MINES REPT., P. 786.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, 1931, CALIF DIV. OF MINES REPT., P. 269.

  • Deposit

    ERIC, 1948, CALIF DIV. OF MINES REPT., P.269.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, 1953, CALIF JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, P. 8.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX B, NO. 9, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    SUMWAY, G. L., AND OTHERS, 1980, DESERT FEVER: AN OVERVIEW

  • Deposit

    OF MINING IN THE CALIF. DESERT CONSERV. AREA: BLM CONTRACT

  • Deposit

    CA-060-CT7-2776, RIVERSIDE DISTRICT, BLM.

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W. A., 1909, MINING WORLD, V. 30, NO. 20, P. 929-932.

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) 1980. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. U.S. BUR. MINES STATISTICAL FILES LIST PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 1913.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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