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Y-High prospect, Monument Peak, Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USAi
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Y-High prospectProspect
Monument PeakPeak
Whipple District (Monumental District)Mining District
Whipple MountainsMountain Range
San Bernardino CountyCounty
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 15' 37'' North , 114° 16' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Parker Strip662 (2011)7.8km
Cienega Springs1,798 (2011)8.9km
Bluewater172 (2011)9.5km
Bluewater725 (2011)10.2km
Parker3,046 (2017)12.4km
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ClubLocationDistance
Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral SocietyLake Havasu City, Arizona25km
Mindat Locality ID:
91095
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:91095:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Cu occurrence/prospect located in sec. 17, T2N, R26E, SBM, 6.9 km (4.3 miles) NW of Monument Peak (coordinates of record) and 6.9 km (4.3 miles) NW of Cross Roads (town), within an Indian reservation (Colorado River Indian Reservation). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters.

This property was examined in conjunction with the mineral appraisal of the Whipple Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA) (Bureau of Land Management) in 1980. Backup information can be found in the WFOC mineral property files; however, since it is outside of the WSA, it was not included in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Open File Report 50-87.

Local rocks include Tertiary nonmarine rocks, undivided.

Workings include unspecified underground openings.

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