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Mount Whipple Gold Mining Co.

Prospect 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237738
MAS/MILS ID 0060711233
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Whipple Gold Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Mars, Crescent, Venus No 13, Western Star, Star, Crescent Mine

Comments on the site names

  • THE FIVE ALTERNATE NAMES ARE THE PATENTED CLAIMS COMPRISING THE GROUP.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.27889, 34.31864 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
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 Wash(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 003 N 026 E 29 SWSWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.27889, 34.31864
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 821206

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Publix Title Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • AS OF 4/81, REPEATED ATTEMPS TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP TROUGH PUBLIX TITLE CO. HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CLAIMS ARE BEING HELD IN TRUST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W A, 1909, THE MINING WORLD, VOL 30, NO 20, P 931.

  • Deposit

    SHUMWAY, G L, ET AL, 1980, DESERT FEVER: AN OVERVIEW OF

  • Deposit

    MINING IN THE CDCA: BLM CONTRACT NO. CA-060-CT7-2776,

  • Deposit

    P 51.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 66-73.

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 INFORMATON CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. U S BUR MINES STATISTICAL FILES SHOW PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1917 AND 1943.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-NOV-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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