The Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell is a gold and silver mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cyrus Bell
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SIX PATENTED CLAIMS, THE PRIEST AND COLEMAN, HITE, GILTNER, MCCONLEY, OLD DOMINION AND SUMMIT, AND SEVERAL MILL SITES.THE LOWEST GRADE OF ORE MINED WAS 1904-1909 WHEN 4625 TONS OF ORE YIELDED 788.85 OZ. OF GOLD AND 849 OZ. SILVER; IN 1912 A SMALL TONNAGE YIELDED NEARLY 3 1/2 OZ. OF GOLD PER TON.
Comment (Production): ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE COUNTY. WORKED BY VARIOUS OPERATORS FROM 1862 TO 1938 AND PLANS WERE BEING MADE TO REOPEN THE MINE IN 1956. TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT VARIOUS FIGURES BETWEEN $2,750,000 AND $3,000,000.
Comment (Workings): TWO LONG ADITS, 720 AND 1400 FT. RESPECTIVELY; LEVELS, WINZE, SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 108-112, 269
Reference (Deposit): MIS V15, NO.3, 1962, P. 1
Reference (Deposit): USGS MR-34
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