Golden Mirage & Mariposa Claims

The Golden Mirage & Mariposa Claims is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 6,594 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Mirage & Mariposa Claims
Secondary: Wooley Mine
Secondary: Black Canyon Rare Ii Area
Secondary: Golden Mirage Mine
Secondary: Mirage-Mariposa Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Inyo

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: F. N Peregoy, Madera
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1982

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ABOUT 21000 INDICATED TONS AND 34400 INFERRED TONS OF SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.15 TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE ARE AT THE MIRAGE-MARIPOSA. THE SHAFT IN THE GLORY HOLE IS 17 FEET DEEP. THERE IS 70 FEET BETWEEN THE WEST END OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AT THE SHAFT AND THE HEADWALL, AND THE GLORY HOLE IS 40 FEET WIDE. THIS BLOCK (BLOCK 1) CONTAINS 5300 TONS OF INDICATED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES. THE OF THE HEADWALL HAS 3,835 SQUARE FEET. BY EXTENDING ITS STRIKE LENGTH 37 FEET SOUTHEAST AN ADDITIONAL 15,800 TONS OF INDICATED RESOURCES WERE CALCULATED (BLOCK 2). TWO INFERRED BLOCKS WERE CALCULATED; THE FIRST 11,500 TONS BY EXTENDING BLOCK 1 37 FEET BELOW THE SHAFT, AND THE SECOND 22,600 TONS BY EXTENDING BLOCK 2 AN ADDITIONAL 53 FEET ALONG STRIKE.

Comment (Deposit): THE R & R CLAIMS IN BATEMAN, 1956, ARE NOW PART OF THE GOLDEN MIRAGE & MARIPOSA. PERSONAL COMMUN. F. N. PEREGOY 1981. MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS THE TOTAL OF THE CONTACT METASOMATIC DEPOSIT. M2C1 MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 IS THE TOTAL OF THE QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Comment (Geology): FORMATION NAME IS QUARTZ MONZONITE OF REDDING CANYON

References

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 540, P. 114.

Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, P. C., 1956, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BISHOP

Reference (Deposit): TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF

Reference (Deposit): MINES SPECIAL REPORT 47, P. 80.

Reference (Deposit): RAINS, R. L., AND OTHERS, 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE

Reference (Deposit): BLACK CANYON RARE II AREA (NO. 5061), INYO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 85-83,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 14, P. 15.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 12, 1894, P. 140-141.

Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 110, 1918, P. 119-120.

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF. A., 1912, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INYO AND WHITE

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