The Mohawk is a copper mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.89861, -120.14306
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Mohawk MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Murdock Plumas Jumbo.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Analytical Data: 6 - 8 % CU, 40 ? AU AND 2 OZ. AG
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SOME MOLYBDENITE ASSOCIATED
Comment (Production): 1913 : SHIPMENTS OF 8 TONS DAILY TO THE WESTERN ORE PURCHASING CO., RUNNING 6 % CU, TOTAL AS OF 1918 IS ABOUT 1000 TONS.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS - MAIN VEIN IS THE MOHAWK. ONE ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED 30 FT. LONG, AND AVERAGED 4 FT. IN WIDTH: OXIDIZED ZONE HAS DEPTH OF 50 FT. ANOTHER VEIN, STRIKING NW, DIPPING 50 E HAS BEEN CUT AT TUNNEL LEVEL, IT LIES EAST OF MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 180 FT. INCLINED SHAFT OF 80 DEG., 3 LEVELS; 50 FT. WITH DRIFT 125 FT. NORTH, AT 120 FT. WITH DRIFT 125 FT. NORTH, AND AT 180 FT. WITH DRIFT 65 FT. NORTH, AND ABOUT 240 FT. OF CROSSCUTS. ORE HAS BEEN STOPED FROM 120 FT. LEVEL NORTH TO TUNNEL LEVEL.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 40 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 60 - 61
Reference (Production): MAC BOYLE, E., 1918
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