Blue Heaven Group

The Blue Heaven Group is a silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,339 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

Name: Blue Heaven Group  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation: 1,339 Feet (408 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 34.3286, -114.24080

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Blue Heaven Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Heaven Group
Secondary: Black Metal Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Hinds, J. P. And Ruth
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: P. O. Box 746, Parker, Az 85344
Info Year: 1980


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Limonite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Jasper


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1980. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. THE BLUE HEAVAN GROUP INCLUDES THE OLD "BLACK METAL MINE". U S BUR MINES STATISTICAL FILES LIST PRODUCTION FOR THE BLACK METAL IN YEARS 1941 AND 1942. SHUMWAY (1981) REPORTS LARGE PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1890.


References

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, 1894, CALIF STATE MINING BUR, V 12, P 376.

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, 1930, CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL, V 26, P 206

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, 1953, CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL, V 49, P 3

Reference (Deposit): SHUMWAY, 1981, MINING IN CALIF DESERT, LIVING WEST (PUB)

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

Reference (Deposit): APPENDIX B, NO. 52, P. 102.


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