The Blue Widow No. 3 Claim is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,257 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,257 Feet (383 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.2378, -114.32220
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Blue Widow No. 3 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Widow No. 3 Claim
Secondary: Golden Nat Nos. 1-4 Claims
Secondary: Blue Cloud Mine
Secondary: Blue Cloud
Secondary: Sandy Nos. 1 and 2 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Owner Name: D. Sneek
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: J. Sanders
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: W. Newberry
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: Prewitt, Floyd
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: P. O. Box 47, Eard, Ca
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
Deposit Size: S
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: Hematite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1981. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. NAMES IN ALTERNATE DATA SET ARE ACTIVELY HELD CLAIMS AS OF 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): NO. 9, P. 4.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, P. 50-58.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,
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