| Deposit ID | 10286928 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M020690 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060711265 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Cloud Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Widow No. 3 Claim, Golden Nat Nos. 1-4 Claims, Blue Cloud, Sandy Nos. 1 and 2 Claims |
| Related records | 10102979 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.32299, 34.23784 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 383 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Bernardino(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Parker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Imperial Reservoir(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 | 002 N | 025 E | 26 | N2 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -114.32299, 34.23784 |
|---|
| Strike | N30W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 40E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 610M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Prewitt, Floyd |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | P. O. Box 47, Eard, Ca |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. Newberry |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. Sanders |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. Sneek |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1982 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060711265 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M020690 | MAS references MRDS |
CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,
NO. 9, P. 4.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 50-58.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1981. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. NAMES IN ALTERNATE DATA SET ARE ACTIVELY HELD CLAIMS AS OF 1980. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-MAR-1991 | Moyle, Phillip R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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