Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell

The Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell is a gold and silver mine located in Mariposa county, California.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.65, -119.85139

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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

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Cyrus Bell


Production

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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