The Mohawk Group is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.3339, -116.85000
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Mohawk Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Group
Secondary: Fremont
Secondary: Nigger Mountain Mine
Secondary: Mohawk Zinc
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Black Hawk
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.
Administrative Organization: San Bernadino National Forest
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: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN 18 %, PB 4.5 %, FE 30
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC - location modified to match 10140753.
Comment (Production): 80 Tons Of Ore Reported To Have Yield Assayed At 22 % Pb, 7 % Zn And 20 Oz Ag/Ton.
Comment (Workings): Lower Tunnel Driven N 35 W For 133 Ft. As Crosscut, Then SW 120 Ft. On Vein. Upper Tunnel 300 Ft. Above Lower Tunnel Is Driven West 180 Ft. 700 Ft. Of Crosscuts And Drifts On Lower Tunnel.
Comment (Deposit): Comprised Of 200 Acres.
Comment (Deposit): Deposit Is An Iron Gossan On Contact Between Granite And Dolomitic Limestone.
References
Reference (Deposit): Calif. Jour. Mines And Geology, Vol. 53, 1957, P. 654.
Reference (Deposit): Wright, L. A., Et Al, 1953 , Mines And Mineral Deposits, San Bernardino County; Calif. Jour. Mines And Geology, Vol. 49 , No. 1 and 2 ; Div. Of Mines, P. 111
Reference (Deposit): Tucker, W. B. And Sampson, R. J., 1943 , Strategic Minerals, Los Angeles County; Calif. Jour. Mines And Geology, Vol. 39 , No. 1 ; Div. Of Mines, P. 69
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