Mars

The Mars is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,299 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: Mars
Secondary: Crescent
Secondary: Mount Whipple Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Venus No 13
Secondary: Western Star
Secondary: Star
Secondary: Crescent Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Publix Title Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1981

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Ownership): AS OF 4/81, REPEATED ATTEMPS TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP TROUGH PUBLIX TITLE CO. HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CLAIMS ARE BEING HELD IN TRUST.

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1980. BACKUP INFORMATON CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. U S BUR MINES STATISTICAL FILES SHOW PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1917 AND 1943.

Comment (Names): THE FIVE ALTERNATE NAMES ARE THE PATENTED CLAIMS COMPRISING THE GROUP.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W A, 1909, THE MINING WORLD, VOL 30, NO 20, P 931.

Reference (Deposit): SHUMWAY, G L, ET AL, 1980, DESERT FEVER: AN OVERVIEW OF

Reference (Deposit): MINING IN THE CDCA: BLM CONTRACT NO. CA-060-CT7-2776,

Reference (Deposit): P 51.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 66-73.

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